Battlefords News-Optimist

Two streets will be having work done on them most of Aug. 6. The 1400 and 1500 blocks of 110th Street will be partially closed all day for patching. From 2301 to 2502 Killdeer Drive will be closed all day to repair a catch basin.

Two males, one adult and one youth, both of North Battleford, were taken into custody Wednesday and were to appear in North Battleford Provincial Court on Aug. 7 after a robbery complaint. At 1:20 a.m. Aug.

Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder stopped in North Battleford on the way to a major event this weekend. That event was the Wounded Warriors Weekend in Slave Lake, Alta., Aug. 2 to 4.

A protest was held at North Battleford City Hall on Saturday afternoon, as members of the Assyrian community voiced their opposition to the persecution of Assyrian Christians by the jihadist ISIS campaign in Iraq.

Ed, my neighbour next door, was rather gracious to me last week. I think he forgot that he was talking to me. The last couple of weeks, I have been batting home run mistakes all over the place. A home run mistake is an error that everyone sees.

More than 40 calls were made to the North Battleford RCMP between 6 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 3 and 6 a.m. Monday, Aug. 4.

Federal agriculture minister and Battlefords-Lloydminster MP Gerry Ritz has announced the arrival of some new federal regulations in connection to the Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act.

Recently we celebrated Sea Fair, the longest running annual event in our city's calendar. There were the usual floats, carnival rides, local musicians on stage and, of course, the parade.

BRACKEN: Eva May Bracken (nee Vowles) July 9, 1912 - June 16, 2014. Eva Bracken passed away peacefully at Battlefords District Care Centre at almost 102 years of age.

Well, the release of the Crime Severity Index numbers has come - and gone. And here we are at the end of it all, still standing. The city of North Battleford endured its annual humiliation, and now it's over.