Battlefords News-Optimist

"Oil Can Gertie," our very own Gertie Sherman, has an article in More of Our Canada, published by Reader's Digest. Congratulations, Gertie. Gertie has a unique collection of oil squirt cans in her garage.

Wendal Jellison did not grow up in Unity so some may not know of his hockey history.

Today (March 20) the City of North Battleford will be fixing a leaking curb valve at on the 1100 block of 103rd Street. That block will be closed until the repair is complete.

Saskatchewan again has a balanced budget in 2014 as Finance Minister Ken Krawetz delivered the province's budget Wednesday. There are few surprises or goodies associated with the budget.

Dear Editor I am writing this letter to tell you about an incident that happened to my husband and myself at the Maidstone Health Complex that could at any time happen to anybody else that goes there when they are sick and need to see a doctor.

The Battleford VC Fusion finished seventh in Tier 1 of the 15U women's Subway Sask Cup No. 2 tournament held in Saskatoon last weekend. BVC defeated the Regina QCVC Black to earn their position.

The Co-operative Retailing System, comprised of local co-ops across Western Canada and Federated Co-operatives Limited, is providing $1.5 million over three years to fund leading-edge breast cancer research across all four western Canadian provinces.

Battlefords Stars forward Spencer Bast has signed a standard education contract with the WHL's Kamloops Blazers. Bast picked up 31 goals and 37 assists in 44 games during the regular season, finishing second in the league in total points.

Candidates in the 2014 North Battleford byelection had a chance to meet the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night. Council candidates Ron Crush and Kelli Saemann made presentations to the board of directors at that monthly meeting.

The Cut Knife Colts are the 2013-14 SPHL champions. With the series tied 1-1, Cut Knife won two games last weekend to down the Shellbrook Silvertips 3-1 in the final series. Game three of the series was Friday night in Cut Knife.