Battlefords News-Optimist

Well, thank goodness. Common sense has prevailed in the realm of Endeavour, Sask.

The NBA is a superstar's league, probably more than any other professional league in North America. It's why extremely talented players, like Carmelo Anthony, can hold a club hostage by demanding a trade to a "large market" if they won't resign.

North Battleford RCMP are investigating a shot being fired just after 3 a.m. Tuesday in the 1400 block of 112th Street.

We live in a digital age. Technology has become an integral part of how we see, learn about and interact with the world.

Battlefords Tourism officially unveiled their new smartphone app named Battlefords App Monday afternoon at the Battlefords River Valley Visitor Centre.

Dear Stephen, Please cast your mind back to the summer of 2001. You were the president of the National Citizens' Coalition. I was a lawyer in private practice. The two of us, together with the head of a Canadian think tank, had a conference call.

This past week seemed to follow a pattern, hot in the day and then thunder boomers, rain and lightning at night. Crops that had a tendency to lie down got more tired. Some barley crops, it's hard to find a section standing up.

RUSSELL: Pauline Marie was born October 1, 1937 at Kylemore, SK., and passed away July 25, 2014 at Saskatoon, SK.

Two youths appeared in North Battleford Provincial Court Monday to face charges stemming from a North Battleford RCMP investigation of several commercial and personal property crimes that occurred over several days and nights in early August.

The speed limit on Saskatchewan's twinned highways is set at 110 km/h, but few people actually drive within the limit. Driving 110 km/h will leave law-abiding drivers feeling like they are moving at a snail's pace as others whiz by at 120, 130, 140.