Battlefords News-Optimist

Dear Editor In a recent letter to the editor, ("Scrap costly, confusing new recycling tax" Regional Optimist Oct.

The North Battleford Comprehensive Junior Vikings made their first appearance in the Kinsmen Football League bantam championship game count. The Vikings downed the Schoenhals Titans 20-17 in the final to win the city championship.

Northwest students were among those who celebrated convocation at the University of Regina Oct. 17 at the Conexus Arts Centre. Lacey Jenae Flichel of Battleford has earned a Bachelor of Sport and Recreation Studies.

The proposed Site C Dam has now received environmental assessment approval, which means the B.C. Liberal government will soon decide whether to greenlight its construction by BC Hydro. Site C is a massive project. It will put B.C.

KNUTSON: In Loving Memory of Eathen Laverne Knutson who was born August 17, 1923 at Ogema, Minnesota, U.S.A. and passed away October 8, 2014 at Saskatoon, SK.

SEMENIUK, Germaine: 1945-2014. It is with heavy hearts and fond memories that we announce the passing of Germaine Semeniuk, while surrounded by her family, on the 6th day of October 2014 at the age of 69 years.

An update on Canada's demographic future from Statistics Canada confirms what is readily discernable through casual observation: our population is growing modestly and becoming greyer at an accelerating pace.

Concerns about plans to replace Saskatchewan Hospital through a public-private partnership dominated a CUPE meeting at the Dekker Centre Wednesday night.

BJERKNESS: In Loving Memory Of Mitchell David Allan Bjerkness who was born March 10, 1994 at North Battleford, SK and passed away September 23, 2014 at Kitscoty, AB.

STERN: In Loving Memory of Florence "Flo" Stern (nee Denton). It is with heavy hearts that Flo's family announces her unexpected passing on Thursday, September 11, 2014, in her 87th year at Port Alberni, BC.