Battlefords News-Optimist

Staff at Saskatchewan Hospital were hard at work again in a third 3P LEAN planning session last week.

Two streets that were closed Tuesday due to water main repairs are now open. The 1700 block of 96th Street was closed most of Tuesday for a water main repair. Water was shut off starting at 9:00 a.m.

Battlefords RCMP handled about 15 calls for service/occurrences between 6 a.m. Sunday, March 2 and 6 a.m. Monday, March 3. Three were traffic related and RCMP fielded one nuisance/false 911 call and one alarm. Sunday 10:52 a.m.

Between 6 a.m. Monday, March 3 and 6 a.m. Tuesday, March 4, Battlefords RCMP responded to about 15 calls for service/occurrences. Monday 12:47 p.m. - Two-vehicle collision at 18th Avenue and 101st Street.

The 911 line was busy with six false/nuisance calls placed between 6 a.m. Tuesday, March 4 and 6 a.m. Wednesday, March 5. Battlefords RCMP also dealt with about 24 calls for service/occurrences, two of which were traffic related complaints.

Downtown revitalization and a planned trip to China were among the highlights of the meeting of the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce board of directors Feb. 25.

Battlefords North Stars goaltender Michael Gudmandson was named most valuable player in the Kramer Division Tuesday. Gudmandson, from Sherwood Park, Alta., joined the North Stars following their 4-12 start to the season.

Opposition leader Cam Broten made known his concerns about the grain transportation backlog in a conference call from Regina Wednesday.

The 1700 block of 96th Street and the 1100 and 1200 blocks of 113th Street will be closed for most of the day for water main repair. The water will be shut off starting at 9 a.m.

Questions running the gamut from "Do you count your steps?" to 'Is your dog blind?" have been posed to Michael Huckabay by people curious about how he gets around.