Battlefords News-Optimist

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.

The nostalgic sound of the old cowboy westerns of the movies continues on to this day in the work of the "Comedy and Western" quartet Riders In The Sky.

It's a situation no one wants to be in, but sooner or later most of us are at the mercy of the health care system in a hospital. It's a place we go for help and reassurance.

This spring, John Paul II had its highest on-time graduation rate ever.

Dear Editor On Page 1 of the Sept. 18 Regional Optimist there was an item informing readers that the Battlefords Horticultural Society will be closed down after 68 years.

Instead of prohibiting hydraulic fracturing in Nova Scotia, we should develop and pursue in a socially and environmentally responsible manner the economic opportunities that fracking affords.

One of Canada's top Ukrainian dance companies will be in North Battleford Sunday, Oct. 5 for a performance at the Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts.

More than 20 calls for service were made to the North Battleford RCMP detachment between 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 29 and 6 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30.