Battlefords News-Optimist

The Battlefords North Stars have sent 20-year-old Adam Smith to the Maritime Hockey League's Miramichi Timberwolves for future considerations. The Nanaimo, B.

After five years of negotiations, Canada and the European Union announced on September 26, 2014 that the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) had been finalized.

Kindersley is hosting the World Junior "A" hockey challenge Dec. 14-20 and Unity will be hosting a pre-tournament event Dec. 12 the arena will host a pre-tournament game that includes the Russian national junior A squad versus Team Canada East.

The Lashburn Senior Lady Lobos basketball team have started their season. Coach Dave Pero says he is looking forward to a competitive season with seven returning players and two rookies.

Cut Knife RCMP report sometime between Sept. 22 and Nov. 24 six calves went missing from a pasture in the R.M. of Cut Knife.

The City of North Battleford is thanking those who help families skate for free.

Before medical science fully grasped the role of germs, the intervention of a doctor would often hasten death rather than provide a cure. With no understanding of what was wrong, the healers of the day couldn't make it right.

I was born and raised in Toronto. After high school, I joined the Air Force to see the world - well, many places in Canada anyway. I spent two years working in the Medical Corps, married my air force buddy and raised two children.

A Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation man is facing charges after another resident of the First Nation was shot at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to Loon Lake RCMP.

North Battleford RCMP responded to 19 calls for service between 6 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 27 and 6 a.m. Friday, Nov. 28. Police are seeking information into the following incidents: Thursday Report of a possible impaired driver on 99th Street.