Battlefords News-Optimist

Rural residents in the areas to the immediate west and north of Saskatoon are in for a big change in this 2015 federal election.

How do you spell relief? W-I-N. Or perhaps, D-Y-C-E. Because you couldn’t have had one without the other. Let me explain.

Mary Stewart passed away at the Lady Minto Health Care Centre on Saturday, August 22, 2015 at the age of 80 years.

Life As I Know It

Partners in Hope

Few things say summer like the sweet flavour of homegrown corn. But then comes along a few corn earworms ( Helicoverpa zea ) to ruin things. The corn earworm is not a worm, but the caterpillar (i.e. immature larval form) of the corn earworm moth.

The City of North Battleford Fire Department is encouraging people to keep their eyes on the roads during this time when students return to the classrooms.

As expected the Green Party has a candidate for Battlefords-Lloydminster in the upcoming federal election. The party’s website has confirmed Mikaela-Mari Tenkink is their nominee in the riding.

North Battleford Fire Department was called to two dumpster fires Saturday. The fires were lit about an hour apart, with the first call coming at 1:55 a.m. to a bin in the 100 block of 98th Street. The second call came at 2:55 a.m.

A new hotel is going to be built on the Frontier Centre property. TerraCap Management, Inc., owners of Frontier Centre, have confirmed in a news release that construction will commence soon on a 100-room Comfort Inn and Suites in North Battleford.