Battlefords News-Optimist

Motorists are being advised the parking lane on the east side of 100th Street between 17th and 18th Avenues will be closed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday as Tetra Tech crews conduct groundwater testing.

Nominations have closed for even-year elections in Saskatchewan's rural municipalities, and already a few of those municipalities have announced results. The deadline to file was Sept. 17 for RM elections, which are scheduled for Oct.

Television shows have popularized the theatrical entrance into the hospital emergency room: patients racing down hallways on gurneys with worried doctors and nurses running alongside - great drama.

No one is complaining today. Sunday's 35-32 double-overtime win for the Saskatchewan Roughriders over the Ottawa RedBlacks at Mosaic Stadium had it all. A sellout crowd?Check. Amazing fall weather?Check. A lot of points?Check.

There's much to be said for foliage and it seldom gets the recognition it deserves. It can be likened to the setting for a play - in view of the audience (you, the gardener) during the entire production (i.e.

North Battleford has announced their new Communications and Marketing Manager this week. The City has announced James Risdon will be taking over those duties at City Hall.

A 21-year-old man was treated in hospital at about 9 a.m. Saturday with what North Battleford RCMP describe as stab wounds.

The City of North Battleford has taken over a number of notable properties in the city through tax enforcement.

One person was transported to Battlefords Union Hospital following a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of 93rd Street and 18th Avenue Sunday. According to North Battleford Fire Department the crash occurred at about 11 a.m.

Motorists are being advised stretches of 102nd Street will be closed today as crews work to seal cracks in the road.