Battlefords News-Optimist

The week of Oct. 4-10 was a chance for people in the Battlefords to hear the message of fire prevention. North Battleford Fire Department organized a number of activities to get the message out during Fire Prevention Week.

There was football under the lights Thursday at Beaver Lions Stadium as the North Battleford Comprehensive High School Vikings battled the Bishop James Mahoney High School Saints.

The Eiling Kramer Campground is closed for the season, but there is still activity going on. A new service centre shower house is being built to replace the one that visitors describe as clean but dated.

Following all-candidates forums in Unity and Lloydminster this week, the major candidates in Battlefords-Lloydminster were back on the campaign trail meeting the electorate and looking for votes.

Conservatives effectively closed the door on any meaningful revisions to supply management

One 17-year-old youth has been arrested and charged with theft after a number of complaints to RCMP in the early morning of Sept. 28 about break-ins to several cabins in the Cochin area.

The time is getting closer to help celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Maymont Memorial Hall featuring the Sloan Family. Make sure to mark it on your Calendar for Oct. 17 starting at 7:30 p.m.

The school held their annual Terry Fox Run Sept. 30 and collected $430. A video was shown of Terry Fox and his valiant effort to run across Canada and of how the run every year has generated millions of dollars for cancer research across Canada.

Less raucous tone to latest all-candidates forum