Battlefords News-Optimist

By Fred Clipsham Last week a law firm posted an ad in Saskatchewan newspapers advising people who were under the age of 18 and became ill at the time of the North Battleford contaminated water event in the spring of 2001 of a settlement under a class

The issues of local doctors were the focus of a meeting scheduled for Tuesday night in North Battleford. The occasion was a meeting between Saskatchewan Medical Association vice-president Dr.

Borden and Radisson News

Prairie North Health Region is touting the addition of new family doctors now practising in North Battleford as a result of the Saskatchewan International Physician Practice Assessment program. Recognized in their news release were Dr.

A man has been arrested in connection to a rash of break and enters all over Saskatchewan. Joseph Ronald Palmer appeared by video in Broadview Provincial Court on Oct. 19 facing 30 additional break and enter and theft charges.

It’s Election Night tonight in the municipal election races in North Battleford and Battleford. Be sure to check out the News-Optimist’s Facebook and Twitter feeds which will update you on live results from North Battleford and Battleford.

Husky oil spill

North Battleford Fire Department reports one vehicle fled the scene of a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of 109th Street and 10th Avenue Tuesday. Firefighters responded to the scene at just before 9 p.m.

Battlefords RCMP have arrested a 15-year-old youth in connection with a series of break and enters in the resort village of Cochin which have been reported over four days this week.

The result wasn’t quite what he was hoping for.