Battlefords News-Optimist

The new University of Saskatchewan Feed Research Centre in North Battleford has officially opened.

"The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it's the same problem you had last year."?- John Foster Dulles I once asked my mother-in-law how things were going. Her response? "Same crap, different pile.

The news that Ottawa will post a dramatically smaller deficit - $5.2 billion versus the $16.6 billion forecast - indicates Ottawa is moving into surplus territory quicker than anticipated.

Partisanship fell by the wayside this week as people of all political stripes reacted with solidarity and shows of patriotism in the wake of the shooting tragedy in Ottawa.

With a ukulele, a foot tambourine and a harmonica, 19-year-old Dylan Sylvester describes himself as a junior one-man band. Dylan is a busker. It's his real job - by choice.

The Civic Centre was the scene as some 45 enthusiastic new hockey players received and were fitted for shinpads, helmets, jerseys, skates and other items essential for the ice.

The Battlefords AAA Sharks split the two-game weekend series against the Weyburn Gold Wings at the Battleford Arena Saturday and Sunday.

How would you like to leave your job and retire early? Very early? Derek Foster, who also is known as the "Idiot Millionaire" and "Canada's Youngest Retiree," was able to do just that.

In my books there are few things I enjoy more than a well run and truly meaningful meeting.

In the moments after Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was shot while standing on guard at the National War Memorial, several passersby immediately rushed to his side to perform first aid. One of them was lawyer Barbara Winters.