Battlefords News-Optimist

North Battleford Fire Department reports they did battle with a grassfire 11 miles east on Wearing Road. The call came in around 3:51pm Saturday afternoon.

Here is the Daily Report of occurences handled by the RCMP from 6 am May 9 to 6 am May 10. Just over 30 calls for service/occurrences were received. There were two false/nuisance 911 calls, one false alarm, and three traffic related complaints.

The cold weather was par for the course for the beginning of May, but it didn't seem to put too much of a damper on the opening classes of the North Battleford Golf and Country Club Junior Golf Program.

Some new technology is coming to read license plates and help improve road safety in the province. SGI is investing in automatic license plate readers, which will be used by the RCMP and municipal police agencies.

You may have shopped there on occasion, or you may have been a regular. People came back because there was always something fresh, homemade and tasty at the Unity Farmers' Market that was restarted last year in Unity by Carmen Bowker.

History and Commentary from a Prairie Perspective

The Battlefords Bears basketball team travelled to Saskatoon and came home with a gold medal. The Bears entered the Under 13 Div II girls' division of the Saskatoon Slam last weekend and downed the Regina Cougars 44-33 in the gold medal game.

A missing teen has been located by members of Cut Knife RCMP. The 13-year-old was reported missing to Cut Knife RCMP on Wednesday, May 7. Investigation has determined that the teen was last seen on the evening of Monday, May 5.

John Price was keeping a close eye on the hockey scores - and for good reason. Once the games were complete, the outcomes meant the North Battleford man was $14,235 richer.

The Battlefords Humane Society is looking to the future, with a new animal health management system, behaviour modification programs to make animals more adoptable and the goal of a new building in future years, Shelter director Michelle Spark told s