Battlefords News-Optimist

The annual Battlefords Relay for Life was held indoors for the first time at the Battleford Arena June 5.

The Saskatchewan Provincial Track and Field Championships were held over the weekend in Yorkton with plenty of North West athletes attending. Notable local results were as follows.

Aberdeen Street in Parsons Industrial Park North Battleford will be closed all day today June 12 to repair a water main connection.

Optical, a solo exhibition now on at the Chapel Gallery in North Battleford, could be seen as a juxtaposition of the deliberate and random thought processes of artist Patricia Shiplett.

A focus on worst-case scenarios loses sight of what's vastly more likely to happen

The Passing of Joyce Marilyn Piper age 77 years of North Battleford, SK occurred at Battleford Union Hospital on June 3rd, 2015. Joyce was born on June 29th, 1937 at North Battleford to Jack and Alda Newsham.

The Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts has officially "unwrapped" its 2015-16 season.

The future needs for wastewater treatment in North Battleford are clearer now with the presentation of the wastewater treatment master plan. That plan was presented Monday to council by Kevin Ness of AECOM, the consultants who prepared the report.

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has always been serious about penalizing tax evasion, and they are sharpening their focus on investigating anyone who facilitates or encourages non-compliance.

The Battlefords Boys and Girls club held their annual Race for Kids relay over the weekend with 13 teams registered.