Battlefords News-Optimist

The Battlefords North Stars will start to prepare their defence of the Kramer Division title at the end of August. The North Stars' first year prospects will take the ice Aug. 30 for the first time as they begin competing for spots on the roster.

A quick trip to Yellowstone National Park in northwestern Wyoming last week turned out well. I travelled with my daughter Joyce Rowland and our Kiwi cousins Michele and Andrew Willis.

CAMPBELL (NEE: ILLINGWORTH) : Hilda May Campbell. Aug 9, 1923 - November 29, 2013.

The mushrooms that seem to magically appear almost overnight in our lawns are the fruiting bodies of a fungus. Fungi cannot manufacture their own food and must obtain it from an external source.

Battleford Town council told its public works superintendent to go ahead with the order of a new garbage truck Monday.

As the fans giddily skipped down the ramps and out of Mosaic Stadium Saturday night following the Saskatchewan Roughriders' 37-9 trouncing of the Toronto Argonauts, country star Toby Keith's song "How Do You Like Me Now?" blared through the stadium s

There will be closures on 10th and 11th Avenues for most of Monday, July 28. 109th Street and 11th Avenue will be closed from 7:00AM to 5:00PM. 109th Street & 10th Avenue will also be partially closed Monday July 28, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The two new community safety officers participating in the six-month trial Enhanced Bylaw Enforcement Program have officially been approved by the City.

A 27-year-old male from North Battleford is facing charges of possession for the purpose of traffickingcocaine, trafficking cocaine, possession of property obtained by crime, obstruction, failing to comply with probation and possession of marijuana a

The North Battleford RCMP had a busy night Saturday, receiving more than 40 calls for service between 6 a.m. Saturday, July 26 and 6 a.m. Sunday, July 27.