Battlefords News-Optimist

Gordon Hagen, 1949-2016. It is with extreme sorrow that the family of Gordon Hagen announce his sudden passing in Polk County, Minnesota on the 25th day of May 2016 at the age of 67 years.

The City of North Battleford is touting three projects underway as a result of its participation in Crime Prevention through Environmental Design methods training.

A member of the Unity-Wilkie Press Herald who also does freelance editing and writing for the News-Optimist has been singled out for some recognition in the legislature.

Providing a First Nation perspective

Carbon taxes largely function as energy taxes to generate a new source of revenues for cash-hungry governments

Join us in early August for a fun-filled and educational tour from Saskatoon through Regina to Manitoba. It was the students at Saskatchewan School of Horticulture who have pushed us to once again to begin to offer tours or “hosted holidays.

The 2015-16 school year is coming to an end. The Grade 12 class wrote their final exam Monday afternoon and are now ready to follow their dreams and new chosen career paths.

After one of the most tumultuous off-seasons in the 106-year history of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, that's now behind us and it's finally time to start playing football. For real.

JPII presents academic awards Staff John Paul II Collegiate's academic awards event was held June 15. Following are the award winners.

Battlefords RCMP are advising the public of a potential new type of phone fraud. A complaint has been received of a caller reporting to be from the fraud department of a major credit card company.