Battlefords News-Optimist

A month into the 2016-17 regular season, the Humboldt Broncos have already established themselves as the team to beat in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.

It was a rough weekend for high school soccer teams from North Battleford in their quest to make the provincial finals this weekend.

Battlefords AAA Stars netminder Lance Alm was a busy man this week as he started all three games for his team.

The long and hard-fought battles of a high school football season ended on a rough note for the John Paul II Crusaders Saturday afternoon.

With a 4-2 record and a return to the Saskatoon Secondary Schools Athletic Directorate 3A playoffs, 2016 will be looked on as a successful year for the North Battleford Comprehensive High School Vikings senior football team.

In Loving Memory of Donalda Jean Wawryk born January 26, 1941 at Sec. 21 - Tp 43 - Rge 12 - W3rd. - Sask., passed away October 15, 2016 in Hafford, Sask. Donalda was born on a farm in the Richard district on January 26, 1941.

Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation has announced G & C Asphalt & Ready Mix of North Battleford are the gold sponsor of the 2016 Ladies’ Night. The business has been the gold sponsor of Ladies’ Night for the past eight years.

Battlefords and area patients will soon have greater access to the medical care and services they need, thanks to the recruitment of more family physicians and expansion of walk-in clinic hours at the Twin City Medical Walk-In Clinic in North Battlef

A seed was planted about a year and a half prior. It took root and had been growing ever since. That weekend, it was like a peony plant that suddenly burst into bright Technicolor.

By Judith Silverthorne Published by Coteau Books $16.