Battlefords News-Optimist

Access Communications announced they will broadcast the North American Indigenous Games. Events will be carried both on Access 7 and will be streamed online at www.myaccess.ca/naig.

Ghosts always fascinated me when I was growing up. They still do. I remember buying books from the school book fairs explaining, in a child-friendly manner, supernatural events from around the world.

Like other Canadians, you work hard for your money. Faced with essential expenses such as food, clothing, and shelter, your household budget may feel squeezed.

I hate parking in Regina. It makes my blood boil. For a guy with a heart condition, who occasionally has to go to Regina to deal with said heart condition, let's just say it's not good for my ticker.

What a beautiful week of summer weather. For the grain growers it was close to perfect. Warm in the day, then some showers at night. The crops have just flourished. I don't think there is a poor crop in the area.

Ross Crescent will be closed to through traffic for most of today for a hydrant valve repair. Water will be shut off to some residents during the repair.

Ancamper, left behind for a few days after the Little Pine Days of Thunder professional chuckwagon event, was broken into while parked at the Little Pine First nation horse track, according to Cut Knife RCMP.

Maidstone RCMP are investigating a collision between a pickup truck and a CN Rail locomotive at a level crossing in the Paynton area. Police say the collision occurred at about 5:15 p.m.

It was Feb. 24, 1978. Ah, the '70s. It was a simpler time. A time when marriage meant forever and destiny was summarized up in the phrase "happily ever after". Back in the '70's, getting married was the answer to most everything.

In1910 a parcel of land south of the CN Railway and west of what is now the Don Ross Center was the location of the fair grounds and race track. In March of 1920 a meeting was held to organize North Battlefords first golf course.