Battlefords News-Optimist

Since it's now August we can finally start to really focus on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Okay I guess we already have focused on that in recent months, but it's been on everything other than games.

The North Battleford Beavers Midget AA team will have an interesting challenge on their hands on Thursday night.

Work to remove the old fountain in North Battleford’s Central Park and beautifying the area is scheduled to begin the first week of August. Fencing around the fountain area will be set up today, Aug. 2, with construction to begin on Aug. 3.

Beautiful Battlefords

With the assistance of an RCMP collision reconstructionist, the Cut Knife RCMP are continuing with a fatal single motor vehicle collision/rollover investigation that occurred on Hwy 40, five kms west of Cut Knife.

Hanbidge on Horticulture

In order to provide treated water to North Battleford, according to an agreement between the City and the Town of Battleford, Unicon Pipelines is laying a pipeline across the old bridges to connect the Battleford water system with the FE Holiday Wate

After rereading Christine Kane's "66 Ways to Build Your Courage"(http://christinekane.com/66-ways-to-build-your-courage/), I circled the points I thought I could tackle and I made up my own list.

The interim leader of the Green Party was in the Battlefords Sunday to see for himself the impact of the recent Husky pipeline spill of oil into the North Saskatchewan River.

A leading expert in oil spill cleanup was in North Battleford to meet with civic officials Sunday. Dr.