Battlefords News-Optimist

Canada is an urban nation with over 80 per cent of its population living in cities or towns. At the dawn of Confederation, the urban rural split was exactly the opposite, with just over 80 per cent of the population in rural areas.

"You can either give negativity power over your life or you can choose happiness instead. Take control and choose to focus on what is important in your life. Those who cannot live fully often become destroyers of life.

North Battleford City Council has denied an application by Sallows and McDonald Funeral Home to build a crematorium on their site at 1271-103rd St. But they haven't said no to it being located somewhere else.

She said she begged him to stop, more than once. She recalls even getting rather stern about it and then stating she would run an errand for him only on the condition that he stop.

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The Fred Light Museum will be celebrating the 100th birthday of its historic home Sunday, Aug. 24 with a come and go tea. Overlooking the North Saskatchewan River valley, what was originally the St. Vital Public Catholic School was built in 1914.

The North Battleford RCMP detachment responded to more than 33 calls for service between 6 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19 and 6 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, including two Child Welfare Act calls and one false alarm. Tuesday 8:09 a.m.

More than 1,000 packages of cigarettes, valued at about $12,000, was stolen after someone broke into a convenience store at about 3 a.m. Monday, according to Unity/Wilkie/Macklin RCMP.

Growing up, she fell asleep to the mad pounding of the Atlantic Ocean on the shores of the famous Irish County of Sligo. As an adult, she found her children's playground frequented by polar bears.

North Battleford Fire Department's rescue boat was deployed on the North Saskatchewan River Sunday afternoon, but it turned out to be a false alarm.