Battlefords News-Optimist

Braydon Buziak’s impressive start to his Western Hockey League career has garnered attention from the National Hockey League’s Central Scouting Bureau.

Volunteer opportunities

Beginning in the spring of 2016, local entrepreneur Nathan Puffalt began working with Battlefords Boys and Girls Club Executive Director Nicole Combres on marketing strategies for the club. Of primary focus was the club’s $40 for 40 campaign.

Unity News

Some major upgrades are coming to the Battlefords and the Northwest region as SaskPower reinvests in the electrical system.

A local knitting and crocheting circle has pledged 100 blankets to Battlefords Early Childhood Intervention Program to be completed by mid-December.

In the packed lower level of the North Battleford Lions Den, Canadian Mental Health Association North Battleford officially launched their fundraising campaign Make Room for Mental Health.

Students at St. Mary School paid tribute to one of their own when they took part in Terry Fox Run activities Friday afternoon. Before heading out to walk in the streets, they met in the gymnasium and paid tribute to one of St.

Prairie dwellers often talk wistfully and enviously of the brilliant fall colours of eastern and maritime Canada. Yet our autumn landscape can be (almost) equally beautiful, especially if you’ve planned for it.

It was a rough start to the season for the Battlefords Barons as they began their AA Bantam campaign.