Battlefords News-Optimist

The Government of Saskatchewan announced Tuesday the new Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford will include an integrated correctional facility to be built as part of the hospital construction project.

THIELL: In Loving Memory of Bernard August Thiell who was born April 19, 1941 at Humboldt, SK and passed away April 9, 2014 at North Battleford, SK.

"So gambling makes a good thing even better." These words of wisdom are from Lisa Simpson during an episode of The Simpsons when Homer rode her ability to correctly pick football games.

No one was injured in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of 107th Street and 11th Avenue Monday at about 6 p.m., according to North Battleford Fire Department.

A staple of family road trips growing up was my dad playing the Garth Brooks greatest hits CD. One of my favourite songs on the album was Rodeo. Growing up in southern Ontario, there weren't many rodeos to attend in the area.

April 21 was the 118th running of the Boston Marathon. It was Battleford's Brian Graw's third time competing in the historic race. Graw, a 50-year-old employee at Home Hardware, has been running since 2007 at the request of his wife, Marie.

The Easter break is over. The community poster board are filling up with coming events, squeezing as many activities as possible in before the "school's out" summer lull.

Battlefords RCMP had a busy 24 hours, responding to more than 34 calls for service/occurrences between 6 a.m. Friday, April 25 and 6 a.m. Saturday, April 26.

Battlefords RCMP responded to more than 20 calls for service/occurrences between 6 a.m. Sunday, April 27 and 6 a.m. Monday, April 28. Among those calls were five false alarms and two traffic related matters. Sunday 6:45 a.m.

Delivery of curbside garbage and recycling carts is nearly complete -- a few residents have been missed because we are out of bins and are currently awaiting on another truck that was due to arrive last week.