Battlefords News-Optimist

One Battlefords RCMP officer was injured while arresting a man Monday. The suspect was not injured during the arrest that occurred after the suspect fled on a bicycle, but the officer sustained an injury to his shoulder.

Katrina, our Grade 6 daughter, reported the other day that scents are being banned from her classroom. Apparently some people have been slathering on a bit too much, and that’s that. No more stinky stuff.

The Artist Run Centre Creative Studios Gallery is honoured to present the works of artist and sessional lecturer for the Department of Art and Art History Susan Velder. Susan currently resides in St.

Neighbourly Advice According to Ed

The accidental setting off of the old fire alarm in Battleford just over two weeks ago is still a topic of conversation.

For the past several years, the Alex Dillabough Centre has not been booking New Year's events, and now an official policy has been put in place.

The 300 block of 29th Street in Battleford will be getting $294,000 worth of repair work this year.

The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce is once again hosting its State of the Town/State of the City address. The date is May 18 at Fort Battleford National Historic Site Visitor Reception Centre.

Dear Editor I recently borrowed from Maidstone Library "Fists Upon A Star,” a memoir of love, theatre and escape from McCarthyism, according to the blurb on the jacket.

Dear Editor Spring has sprung or soon, I hope. Living in a town or city is what you have to do to live, if you cannot afford the country life. Many areas of the urban landscape are designed to have back alleys.