Battlefords News-Optimist

After a long and winding road, the provincial Liberals finally have a leader. He is Darrin Lamoureux, and he was acclaimed as Liberal leader following the close of nominations Aug. 8. The party announced his acclamation in a news release Aug. 21.

The Battlefords North Stars hit the ice Monday, or at least some of the players and coaching staff did. The North Stars hosted their Future Stars Hockey Camp Aug. 25 to 29.

Fort Battleford interpretation supervisor David Trimmer walked up to the tee box of the first hole of the Fort's disc golf course and emptied out his green, yellow and red satchel.

Among the many reasons offered for why many Canadians are increasingly facing difficulties finding a family physician to call their own is the fact that the workforce has become increasingly female.

Alison Khun of Unity is among four students beginning post-secondary education this fall who are getting a boost from Federated Co-operatives Ltd.

North Battleford RCMP received more than 25 calls for service between 6 a.m. Thursday and 6 a.m. Friday, including five municipal bylaw/disturbance complaints, three false alarms, one child welfare complaint and one traffic investigation/complaint.

Waseca seems to be very quiet these days. The summer activities are completed and I expect many people are enjoying a few days at the lakes. Next week things will change as a new school year begins.

The North Battleford RCMP detachment received approximately 30 calls for service between 6 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27 and 6 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 28.

The 1200 block of 105th Street will be closed today for a main valve repair. There is no anticipated water disturbance.

On the weekend of July 26 and 27, family and friends joined Fred and Marion Gatzke, their son Sheldon, daughter-in-law Melany and grandchildren Emily and Adrienne in a Century Family Farm celebration at their farm near Belbutte. Fred Gatzke Sr.