Battlefords News-Optimist

Eighty relatives of the Custer family gathered at Ed and Sandra Rayner's home at Metinota, Sept. 6. The weather was at its best for the day.

Students at École Père Mercure school were on hand for the unveiling of their new outdoor basketball court.

This weekend marks the seventh year that the Battlefords Quarter Horse Club hosts an old fashioned equestrian parade to raise awareness and support for the almost 800 children in the Battlefords who rely on the food bank in North Battleford on a mont

Update (10:31 a.m.) The semi truck and debris have now been removed from the roadway. Both lanes of traffic on Hwy. 4 are now opened.

The Saskatchewan Band Association has tapped Kelvin Colliar, superintendent of learning for the Light of Christ Catholic School Division, for an award to be presented at the upcoming Saskatchewan Music Conference.

I grew up on a small farm in the Kinistino district. I was the youngest of three children and always enjoyed the outdoors and the beauty of the prairie landscape. I graduated high school and worked as a nurse's aide at the hospital at home.

Ed, my neighbour next door, was focused on his harvesting last week and out of sight at his farm. All he could see was his need to get his harvesting done. My neighbour was "combine" deep in his work.

September is always a busy month when students are back at school, and when the weather is warm enough for outdoor adventures.

The North Battleford RCMP detachment received approximately 36 calls for service between 6 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1 and 6 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 2.

Nobody wants unearned inequality between older and younger Canadians. I don't. My mom doesn't. Nor does my grandmother. Problem is, this inequality is on the rise.