Battlefords News-Optimist

After much speculation, the winner of the $60 million Aug. 12 LottoMAX draw has been announced. The winner is Mary Wernicke of Neville, Saskatchewan. She was revealed as the winner of the nationwide lottery draw at a news conference in Regina.

Former Battleford boy Stocky Edwards and his wife Toni are pictured on the cover of Elinor Florence’s new book called My Favourite Veterans: True Stories of World War Two’s Hometown Heroes! Click here to find out how to order a copy. www.

Judging when to harvest your vegetables can be tricky and sometimes depends on it’s end use (e.g tender green fresh vs. dry bean). To sort things out, the following is a list of commonly grown vegetables with their ideal harvest characteristics.

Ed, my old neighbour from Saskatchewan, always checks to hear if there has been a recent crime in our neighbourhood. There has been a stabbing, bank robbery and murder in our neighbourhood in the year we have been here.

Dear Editor The North Battleford Good Neighbour Network has been hosting the Neighbourhood Wellness Block Party for a number of years.

Last time, I was doing my annual rundown of movies that were the big hits of summer, the top 10 of the domestic box office. Today, I am going to highlight the movies that were the disappointments of 2016 at theatres this summer.

Come Oct. 2, participants are expected to run, jog or walk down designated routes in Battleford for the second ever Operun race.

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The fallout from the Colten Boushie shooting death near Biggar continues, with news this week that an RM councillor has resigned. Ben Kautz, a councillor from the RM of Browning No.

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