Battlefords News-Optimist

The Family of John MacFarlane of North Battleford sadly announce his passing on September 23, 2015 at the age of 87 years.

When you leave an employer, any pension money in a registered plan will be transferred to a Locked-In Retirement Account (LIRA), or Locked-In Retirement Savings Plan (LRSP). Those funds are “locked in” and not available for use until you retire.

For an election that is the longest in modern Canadian history, there hasn’t been a lot of discussion around the role Canada should play in supporting research to accelerate solutions for the management and cure of life-altering diseases.

The Battlefords Stars were hoping to extend their record to three wins in a row Thursday night when they took on the Saskatoon Contacts at home at the Civic Centre.

Both North Battleford-based high school football teams took to the field Thursday.

How do you solve a problem like Maria? The Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts will be offering something completely out of the ordinary this weekend – a chance to sing along to the most successful movie musical of all time.

It will be a brief sitting for the provincial legislature this fall before the voters go to the polls next spring. The legislature resumes for a fall sitting on Oct. 13. That was announced in a news release Sept. 28 from the province.

Mary Frances Doyle 1926-2015. The family of Mary F. Doyle is saddened to announce her death on August 25, 2015 at the R.K. MacDonald Nursing Home in Antigonish, N.S. Mary Frances MacDonald Doyle was born in Ingonish, Cape Breton on April 23, 1926.