Battlefords News-Optimist

The City of North Battleford has announced that a new pedestrian crossing signal at Territorial and Scott Drive is to be operational beginning Friday.

A fourth suspect has been apprehended with respect to two home invasions on Little Pine First Nation. Elsie Darlene McArthur turned herself in to Cut Knife RCMP Detachment.

Borden School teachers and staff are back, hard at work designing learning goals, working on learning portfolios and thinking about how to achieve their mission of "Achieving Success Together." The only change is that Grade 2-4 teacher Ms.

The death of comedian Robin Williams last month sparked a worldwide discussion about suicide, its underlying causes and how it might be prevented. And, with World Suicide Prevention Day taking place Sept.

More than 30 calls for service were made to the Battlefords RCMP detachment between 6 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9 and 6 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10.

Even though salaries of First Nations officials can now be posted online as mandated by the federal First Nations Financial Transparency Act, a number of area First Nations still haven't gotten around to putting all the information up.

Dawson Bacon had a goal and two assist to spark the Battlefords AAA Stars to a 4-1 exhibition road win over the Beardy's Blackhawks. The Stars struck first with 9:00 to play in the first period.

Doris Lilian Cornell of North Battleford has become a supercentenarian. Supercentenarians are those rare individuals who have passed their 110th birthday.

An 18-year-old individual has been arrested after making threats on social media to blow up the a bridge between North Battleford and Battleford. The arrest was made at around 7 a.m., according to North Battleford RCMP.

The following article was originally published in the North Battleford News on May 19, 1938 as part of the paper's coverage of the 25th anniversary of North Battleford becoming a city. In the article, John O.