Battlefords News-Optimist

Crime in North Battleford has been the subject of controversy in recent months, with local authorities resorting to requests for the provincial and federal governments to get involved.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police need help in naming a handful of their newest (and cutest) recruits. The Police Dog Service Training Centre in Innisfail, Alta.

Kurt Braint, account manager of RBC in North Battleford, presented the Battlefords North Stars with a cheque for $428. The money was raised during a raffle for a Jonathon Toews print in January.

Battlefords RCMP responded to about 20 calls for service/occurrences between 6 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 and 6 a.m. Friday, Feb. 7. Two of those calls were alarms, both proved to be false. Thursday 6:54 a.m. - Theft of gas on Highway 16 bypass.

For the fourth year in a row, Liam was the most popular name for baby boys born in Saskatchewan, according to a Government of Saskatchewan press release. Emma was the most popular girl's name for the last five years.

The residents and staff at Caleb Village are keeping warm and busy so far this winter. December was a busy month of entertainment and activities.

The cold weather may have been a factor in a quiet 24 hours in the Battlefords, with RCMP responding to about 15 calls for service/occurrences between 6 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5 and 6 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 6.

Dear Editor With recent suicides of Canadian military people, and 2014 being the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War and the 70th anniversary of Canadian's D Day landing, if ever there was a time the Harper government should be

Well here we are well into a new year of 2014. The news has been pretty quiet in the local area, but I guess after writing to the local newspaper for 39 years this January I shall be able to scrape up something happening.

Dear Editor As much as it might seem that change is the only constant in the realm of Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12 education in Saskatchewan these days, the one enduring component is the historic, albeit evolving, relationship between teachers and th