Battlefords News-Optimist

Blake Young’s junior season with the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs has already been a memorable one.

Visitors to the Chapel Gallery may be in for a bit of a surprise with its latest exhibition. On display at the art gallery are quilts, bags and table runners made by the community-minded Battlefords area quilting guild Rivers’ Edge Quilters.

Staff Battlefords RCMP responded to about 40 incidents between 6 a.m. Monday, Nov. 21 and 6 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22. Monday, Nov. 21 8:40 a.m. - Break and enter to a business on the Moosomin First Nation overnight.

Like most people, I get a lot of junk email. I’ll admit some of it is my own fault as I voluntarily subscribe to certain sites. One of them is a cooking magazine.

At John Paul II Collegiate, Rhea Good's functionally integrated class hosted a composting workshop in their room at school Nov. 17. The facilitator, Tammy McCormick, is the environmental manager for the City of North Battleford.

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November is Financial Literacy Month in Canada. It’s the government’s way of trying to get people to understand that financial literacy is important for the financial well-being of individuals, and to the economy as a whole.

It is with heartfelt sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Mother, Edna Meryl Marynowski (nee Scott), at the age of 94.

Ed, my old neighbour from Saskatchewan, phoned yesterday when I was taking a day off. Sometimes it is OK to be lazy. Even Ed realized I had a duty to watch the old western, Gunsmoke, on television since he is a western fan himself.

Battlefords RCMP investigated approximately 40 occurrences between 6 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 20 and 6 a.m. Monday, Nov. 21. Sunday, Nov. 20 9:27 a.m. - Hit and run on 101st Street.