Battlefords News-Optimist

As I write this article there's an important football game being played. One side has promised to win; the other, to give them a mighty run for their money. Hint: one team will be wearing orange uniforms; the other, green.

Celebrating food is part of every culture, says Debbie Bonsan, executive director of Midwest Food Resources, which has been helping families eat well and cost-effectively since its inception in 1997.

Another week of good harvest weather. This is the time of year my hoar frost calendar doesn't work anymore. My wife has something on her phone that predicts the weather for several days ahead. On Tuesday they were saying scattered clouds overnight.

MCGUIRE: In Loving Memory Of Margaret Mae McGuire who was born August 14, 1931 at Prince Albert, SK and passed away August 12, 2014 at North Battleford, SK.

It was a strong showing by the Battlefords North Stars' rookies Monday afternoon in Kindersley. The North Stars scored three power-play goals en route to a 5-1 victory over the Klippers.

Ontario, once Canada's flourishing economic and manufacturing hub, is in steady decline, with slow economic growth and rapidly expanding government debt being a sad yet reoccurring story.

A North Battleford man will get jail time for two child pornography charges. Brian J. Simon entered guilty pleas to possession and accessing child pornography in North Battleford Provincial Court Thursday.

The era of low interest rates may be coming to an end. While interest rates have remained at historic lows since the 2008-09 economic crisis and subsequent slow world economic growth, recent dissent at both the Bank of England and the U.S.

North Battleford RCMP are warning the public of a phishing scam circulating on the Internet.

It was a sunny but breezy afternoon for the celebration of the Fred Light Museum's main building's 100th birthday. The former St. Vital School has been home to the museum since it opened in 1980.