Battlefords News-Optimist

Dear Editor It has been 18 months since a novice driver deliberately went around a car to run a stop sign.

The fraud case against former RM of Meota administrator Maryann Germann returned to court this week. A case management conference had been held April 20 and the discussions are to continue.

A well-known professional freelance writer from Meota has died. James A. MacNeill was born June 24, 1933 in North Battleford and passed away April 12.

Wednesday morning, the Battlefords RCMP Detachment reported having received several complaints in relation to 12 stolen vehicles that had occurred in the previous 48 hours throughout the city and rural area.

As of Tuesday, the Battlefords RCMP Detachment had fielded about 200 calls over the previous 10 days from members of the public who reported receiving calls from persons claiming to be representatives of the Canada Revenue Agency.

Neighbourly Advice According to Ed

One bylaw passed and was signed and sealed Monday at North Battleford council, but three others will need to come back for third reading later on.

Community safety co-ordinator Herb Sutton gave his monthly monitoring report to North Battleford city council Monday, but it had a different format this time.

We need to take extraordinary care in defining the terms of medically-assisted death in Canada

The co-chairs have been announced and a number of volunteers are now in place for the 2018 Saskatchewan Winter Games coming to North Battleford. The appointments were made in a resolution passed April 25 at city council.