Battlefords News-Optimist

I receive hundreds of emails in a week, most of which get sent straight to the trash heap without much attention paid. That attitude sometimes gets me into trouble, as I have to go back and search for something I should have been paying attention to.

Dear Editor I’m writing to offer my condolence to the family and friends of the family tragically killed by an alleged drunk driver near Saskatoon.

Emergency personnel responded to a couple of incidents Wednesday morning in North Battleford. The first happened about 12:51 a.m. According to North Battleford Fire Department, a vehicle struck a concrete barricade on Diefenbaker Drive.

With this year’s Battlefords Kiwanis Music Festival entry registration date of Saturday, Feb. 6, teachers and students have around a month remaining to make selections that best showcase local talent.

Valley Ford North Battleford is the first donor in the Battlefords to donate a vehicle to Habitat for Humanity Saskatoon-Battlefords Branch.

From the Top of the Pile

In the early morning hours of December 16, 2015 Dorothy Alice van Dyke (nee Dexter) passed from our care and keeping into the eternal care of her loving God. She was four days short of her 92nd birthday.

UNITY — For the first time in many years, the Unity Curling club struggled to fit all the teams into league play that came to register. It’s a good problem as many other Saskatchewan curling clubs are experiencing the opposite.

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ARC exhibit features Gordon Munn