Battlefords News-Optimist

Harold Fast of Spiritwood is among five individuals who will be inducted into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame.

GATINEAU, QUE. — The Canadian Museum of History has announced it has acquired the world's oldest known ice hockey stick. Known as the Moffatt stick, it was hand hewn in the 1830s in Cape Breton, N.S., from a single piece of sugar maple.

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The goal of the Battlefords Habitat for Humanity board is to see a duplex built on this property in the coming year. Maybe you could be one of the homeowners. The board is holding an Information meeting Jan. 20, 7 p.m.

The federal government does not need a healthy surplus to reduce personal income tax rates

North Battleford RCMP responded to 19 calls for service between 6 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13 and 6 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14. Over that time period, RCMP made six arrests relating to alcohol offences.

One major hurdle is that we need to decide exactly what changes we want to make

Some studies suggest that the Earth is losing 12 million hectares of arable land a year due to climate change

The underlying economic picture is more favourable than a glance at the headlines may suggest

Post-secondary education fees are not the major barrier to participation they are made out to be