Battlefords News-Optimist

Battlefords City Detachment of the RCMP continues to report reduced calls for service in North Battleford for the month of August. Calls for service stood at 1,033 for the month, down from 1,585 the previous August.

Less than 100 calls for service were made to the North Battleford RCMP over the three-day period between 6 a.m. Friday, Sept. 12 and 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 15.

Two of the targets for K-12 education laid out in the provincial government's Plan for Growth are to reduce the gap in graduation rates between aboriginal and non-aboriginal students by 50 per cent and to lead the country in Grade 12 graduation rates

The Battleford Quilters celebrated their 40th anniversary last week with a come and go tea at the Alex Dillabough Centre. Formed on March 6, 1974, the group enjoys the traditional art of hand-quilting.

On a beautiful, sunny day Monday, 27 golfers came out for New Horizons after being rained out Sept. 8. John Chomyn, Hank Nickel, Allie Raycraft and Dave Page finished first with a 1-over 37.

It's been 40 years since the first women officers began training for the RCMP.

I am in my usual state of panic over what is going on in other parts of the world these days. But my main concern isn't ISIS, or Ukraine, or the Ebola virus or any of that. Instead it's about Scotland.

Free trade is not new. Trade barriers have, in fact, been declining ever since economist David Ricardo, in 1821, argued in favour of countries producing and exporting goods in which they had a comparative advantage.

I had a deep and meaningful conversation with an (almost) six year old one afternoon.

Not only are we a society that counts on technology to turn our lights on and off, ensure the roast is cooked to perfection and notify us of any and every appointment, we've also managed to neatly divide life's greatest challenges into packages of ti