Battlefords News-Optimist

There were many success stories that came out the 2014 softball season in Unity.

It was 85 years ago, on October 18, 1929, that women were finally declared "persons" in Canada thanks to five Alberta women.

In Midget AAA action Thursday, the Battlefords Stars were not able to dominate the Beardy's Blackhawks the same way they did the last time. The Stars had come off a 9-2 win over them Oct. 9, but that was early in the season.

After seven consecutive years of budget deficits, the federal government is finally set to balance the budget.

A traffic stop on Wednesday evening, Nov. 5, has resulted in a drug bust by RCMP at Onion Lake. According to the RCMP's news release, at 6:53 p.m. Onion Lake RCMP conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle.

Justin Wood has had a year to remember in 2014. In his last eligible year with the Maple Leaf Junior Tour, Wood dominated on the course.

Dear Editor On the surface, it sounds reasonable and harmless. Shouldn't a terminally ill patient be able to choose when and how to die? The problem, as in all life and death issues, is that individual choices are never made in a vacuum.

The North Battleford RCMP detachment responded to less than 30 calls for service between 6 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5 and 6 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 6.

The Wilkie Outlaws got their inaugural season in the Sask West Hockey League underway in similar fashion to their time in the NSRHL. The Outlaws won their first two games of the season, beating the Biggar Nationals and the Unity Miners.

Anyone planning to park downtown during the next month is being advised there may be one or two parking spaces blocked off in front of the Scotiabank at 1102-101st Street as work crews undertake renovations to that building.