Battlefords News-Optimist

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.

An actor and jazz musician with strong ties to Red Pheasant First Nation has passed away. Don Francks died this past weekend at age 84.

Campbell Soup's decision to be bisphenol A free by mid-2017 is more about perception than evidence-based science

It's that time of year. It's spring, and that means Agri-Mex. The Battlefords Agricultural Society's annual farm, trade and home show will begin Friday, April 8 and run until Sunday, April 10 at the Battlefords Exhibition Park.

The odds were stacked against the Battlefords North Stars after dropping two straight heartbreaking games at home.