Battlefords News-Optimist

For the first time in a long time, a municipal election ballot in North Battleford will not have the name “Ray Fox” on it. Fox was a candidate for council in the last six municipal elections going back to 1997. The last four times, he was successful.

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Ed, my old neighbour from Saskatchewan, has been curling since he was 12 years old. Curling is now like second nature to him. His actions in the sport are automatic in their execution.

Tragedy has befallen a couple who were born and raised in North Battleford. According to a GoGundMe post, “Mark Burnett went into the hospital last Friday evening with his wife of five years, Megan Burnett (Phillips), to deliver their second child.

There’s an enormous amount of talk these days about driverless cars. Uber, the company that seeks to put taxis out of business around the world, launched its driverless car fleet in Pittsburgh recently.

The Battlefords Midget AAA Stars were going to have a new head coach this season. No one could have expected them to have two different bench bosses before they kicked off their 2016-17 campaign Thursday night.

This has been the summer of my discontent. For 60 long years I have worked as an arborist. Now I am watching my friends in the urban forest signalling the end of summer.

When the Liberal government introduced a new 33% tax bracket, Canadians were assured that only those with income over $200,000 would be affected. Most people breathed a sigh of relief and went about their business.

One step forwards and one step backwards appears to be the order of the day for the Battlefords North Stars at the moment.