Battlefords News-Optimist

I am not sure how this happens every September, but once again autumn has quietly appeared.

Since Aug. 21, Canadian consumers visiting meat counters will have noticed new labels that allow them to clearly read whether meat products have been mechanically tenderized.

Turtleford RCMP were called to the scene of a collision between a pedestrian and a vehicle that claimed the life of a 38-year-old man Saturday. The collision was reported at 10 p.m. on Highway 26, approximately five kilometres south of St. Walburg.

The North Battleford Fire Department responded to a collision on 100th Street at approximately 9 p.m. Saturday evening. A motorcycle and a vehicle collided in front of Valley Ford on 100th Street.

Battleford is having a record year for construction. Monday evening Battleford town councillors received a building permit summary for August, indicating more than $20 million in construction has been authorized so far this year.

The Battlefords RCMP detachment received nearly 40 calls for service between 6 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 4 and 6 a.m. Friday, Sept. 5.

Battleford town council was able to move ahead with a bylaw to do an asphalt upgrade on 18th Street from Central Avenue to 1st Street, but the plan to do another on 38th has been dropped, at least for this year.

Saskatchewan medical students are taking advantage of opportunities to learn more about practising in rural Saskatchewan.

If you drink, don't drive. There was deadly reinforcement of that message last weekend on Saskatchewan's highways. Saskatchewan RCMP responded to six motor vehicle accidents between Aug. 29 and Sept. 1, with each one resulting in a single fatality.

North Battleford Fire Department says a water pressure fluctuation resulted in false fire alarms at NationsWEST Field House and Battlefords Aquatic Centre Thursday. NBFD responded to an alarm at the field house at about 12:45 p.m.