Battlefords News-Optimist

North Battleford RCMP responded to about 34 calls for service between 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 15 and 6 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16.

The former superintendent of human resources for the Northwest School Division is the new director of education for Light of Christ Catholic School Division.

Your children are aiming at college or university and you're aiming at retirement. That's not so unusual these days, as more and more parents have chosen to delay marriage and children until they (and their finances) were more "mature.

The growing role of women in the workforce arguably qualifies as the most consequential socio-economic development of the past 50 years. As more women have entered the formal labour market, the productive capacity of our economy has been augmented.

The John Paul II Crusaders opened their football regular season in Warman Friday night. The game did not get off to a great start for the Crusaders as Warman scored on four of their first five possessions.

Philosopher George Santayana's maxim, "Those who cannot remember (the lessons of) the past are condemned to repeat it," demonstrates that the most enduring wisdoms can often be stated in a single sentence.

Maidstone RCMP are reporting multiple reports of thefts from motor vehicles and a report of a stolen motor vehicle from Lashburn. The incidents are reported to have occurred between 4 and 5:30 a.m. Sept. 11.

Battlefords forward Braydon Buziak picked up a hat trick as the Stars routed the Contacts 9-1 Saturday afternoon in Saskatoon in SMAAAHL exhibition action. The Stars used their special teams to pull away from the Contacts in the game.

Yarnbombing, guerrilla knitting, kniffiti, urban knitting, yarnstorming or graffiti knitting. Whatever you call it, it's a growing movement in street art that has now come to North Battleford.

One of the beautiful things about football is with playing only one game per week, the anticipation building up to each game can be spine-tingling.