Battlefords News-Optimist

Avid vegetable gardeners go through a series of rituals every spring, the most important of which is selecting and purchasing new vegetable seeds. Asparagus, a long-lived perennial vegetable, is an exception to that ritual.

HARTMAN ~ Raymond Adalbert Hartman passed away at the Maidstone Health Complex, Maidstone, Saskatchewan on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at the age of eighty-six years.

A child safety registration organization will be in North Battleford this week, offering an electronic identification service that can provide police and emergency service with a child's picture and information in a crisis situation.

BILLINGS: Lester Charles "Charlie". It is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of Charlie Billings, during the early hours of April 30, 2014, at Kelowna Hospice House, age of 97 years.

The Battlefords North Stars have announced they will be searching for a new athletic therapist and equipment manager in the off-season. After two seasons serving in that capacity, Michelle Beatty will not be returning for the 2014-15 season.

Battlefords Rural RCMP say a highway crash has claimed the life of a 21-year-old woman from Saskatoon.

Battlefords RCMP were called out to about 30 calls for service/occurrences between 6 a.m. Monday, May 12 and 6 a.m. Tuesday, May 13. Among those calls were two traffic related issues, one false/nuisance 911 call and one municipal bylaw complaint.

Excellence in the mental health field was celebrated at the Champions of Mental Health awards banquet Saturday.

Martin Night, 26, has been arrested in connection with an investigation into an armed robbery in North Battleford May 5. North Battleford RCMP say the arrest was made in Saskatoon in partnership with the Saskatoon Police Service.

A grass fire in the King Hill area burned over about 10 acres on a windy afternoon Monday. North Battleford Fire Department dispatched a full range of resources to battle the blaze at about 3 p.m.