Battlefords News-Optimist

Looking for a foliage houseplant that can pretty well survive without you? For longevity and ease of care - verging on downright neglect (I speak from experience) - grape ivy (Cissus rhombifolia) is hard to beat.

Often the phone will ring in the newsroom with someone offering information about an event or initiative in the community.

Motorists are being advised Killdeer Drive is closed to through traffic today and tomorrow while Sanburn Construction crews work on a water and sewer connection to a new apartment building.

The snail's pace of renovations at the infamous 11th Avenue-102nd Street properties in North Battleford is starting to be a concern at City Hall.

If there was ever a game that proved that you could not take any night off in the Kramer Division, you could look no further than Saturday's game between the Battlefords North Stars and Notre Dame Hounds.

A single-vehicle rollover caused the death of two men at the Moosomin First Nation Reserve access near Cochin Saturday evening. At approximately 4:14 p.m.

Happy Halloween! I am looking forward to an update from five softball girls who travelled to Palmdale, Cal., with the 222 Fastpitch U16 team and U14 teams.

Glaslyn and area residents will soon be able to receive the primary health care services of a nurse practitioner right in their own community, thanks to a partnership between North Saskatchewan River Municipal Health Holdings , Prairie North Health R

"Bringing wounded soldiers together in order to heal and allowing a community to help and share in this healing process is probably the greatest gift that could be bestowed upon a veteran," says one veteran, who prefers to remain anonymous, who took

The Borden Bruins Senior Girls' Volleyball Team competed in Rosthern Oct. 24 and 25, winning all their games and winning the tournament against Rosthern, Hague, Warman, VCA and Aberdeen.