Battlefords News-Optimist

There is a new program that has been offered to students in Wilkie KeepSafe, created and instructed by Norman Carter teacher Paul Marek, underwent its first go round in the community last month.

At approximately 7:45 Friday morning, Glaslyn and Turtleford RCMP responded to a motor vehicle collision involving a semi transport truck and trailers that struck two buildings at approximately 7:30 a.m. on Highway 4 in the village of Glaslyn.

A short in a kitchen stove has been determined as the cause of a fatal house fire in Fairview Friday afternoon.

There are still pockets of snow lingering on the landscape, but North Battleford Fire Department responded to two grass fires on the weekend. About an acre of grass burned on the west side of the Gamex Bingo building Saturday.

Three 911 false/nuisance calls were among the 20 calls for service/occurrences responded to by Battlefords RCMP between 6 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4 and 6 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5. Tuesday 6:56 a.m.

Starting with the rookie of the year award won by Dustin McAleer and ending with the Sask West Hockey League playoffs' most valuable player trophy going to Cory Grant, a total of 11 awards were handed out at the Unity Miners' Awards Night March 28.

Living Sky School Division is still analyzing what the recent provincial budget means for the division, but it's already clear there will be less money to work with. The March 19 budget stated there will be $1.

A stew and biscuit luncheon at the Maidstone Drop In Centre March 12 was well attended with 32 people present. Following lunch, bingo was played with Margaret MacEachern doing the calling.

The host Battleford Volleyball Club Blaze won fifth place of Tier 3 at the 14U women's Subway Sask Cup No. 2 tournament held in North Battleford last weekend. The Blaze downed the Martensville Outerlimits 2-0 (25-19, 25-11) in the fifth place game.

The story of the Western Development Museum began during the mid 1940s when the drive to collect scrap metal for Second World War munitions threatened the survival of unused agricultural equipment - the steam engines, gas tractors, and plows - that h