Battlefords News-Optimist

Calls to increase the duty exemption limit for online shopping would be a disaster

The finish wasn’t quite what they wanted. However, despite losing in an extra-end to Ontario in the gold medal game in the 65+ men’s curling competition at the Canada 55+ Games in Brampton, Ont.

The notion that anyone can be completely unbiased is a benevolent fiction

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The public is being advised of high stream flows for the North Saskatchewan River. That advisory is coming from the Water Security Agency, who note that flows in Alberta have risen to above normal levels for this time of year.

I took some time off from the newsroom in August. There are many family demands on my time these days, so I didn’t travel anywhere truly exotic. I did, however, take a trip to the Consul area in the Southwest.

Dear Editor I jokingly say I prefer being on a committee of one—me or someone else. Imagine you are the committee responsible for electoral reform in Canada.

Battlefords RCMP responded to 49 calls for service between 6 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23 and 6 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24. Aug. 23 10:32 a.m. - Report of two males stealing recyclables from a business near Carlton Trail.