Battlefords News-Optimist

Last Tuesday marked the return of the legislative session in Regina. The session will meet for 25 days before the legislature wraps up and MLAs get ready for a spring provincial election in 2016.

The North Battleford Comprehensive High School Vikings were on the road in Saskatoon Thursday for their latest contest. Unfortunately, they dropped a close 18-14 decision to Tommy Douglas at Saskatoon Minor Football Field.

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North Battleford Comprehensive High School Junior Vikings girls’ volleyball won the junior volleyball tournament hosted at their school. Action took place Friday and Saturday and the Vikings had two teams in action — the white team and the grey team.

The Battlefords North Stars didn't look the least bit rusty Friday night at home against the Humboldt Broncos.

At 3:10 p.m. Saturday, North Battleford RCMP said they were assisting on the Iffley Grid Road north of Battleford near Highway 4 with a single vehicle collision involving a semi truck hauling anhydrous ammonia.

The provincial government says there are 500 new doctors in Saskatchewan since 2007-08. The news was announced Oct. 13, with the government releasing a number of figures showing increases, particularly in the rural and remote areas of the province.

At approximately 8:20 p.m. the Maidstone RCMP responded to a report of a pedestrian being struck by an eastbound vehicle on Highway 16 approximately one mile east of the town of Maidstone.