Battlefords News-Optimist

History and Commentary from a Prairie Perspective

It appears that, at least for now, the Battlefords RCMP is not planning to switch full-time to a Regina call centre for all calls to the detachment. Inspector John Sutherland spoke about that issue at North Battleford city council Jan.

Given all the recent talk about publishing attendance records at City Hall, I should point out there was a noticeable absence of one individual at council chambers during budget deliberations in mid-January.

Rescue tools were used by the North Battleford Fire Department Thursday to help extricate a passenger in a vehicle involved in a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of 100th Street and 19th Avenue.

School building officials from across Saskatchewan were in North Battleford last week for the 28th annual Conference for the Council of Educational Facility Planners International.

Three was the number when the New Horizons curled Jan. 28. Each ice saw that score recorded, three of them in the first end.Doug Belyk played on sheet one again.

The popularity of community gardening keeps growing due to a yearning for fresh vegetables or a desire to limit the use of synthetic chemicals in food production. Also, there are people who, because of a change in their circumstances (e.g.

McARTHUR, John Ernest (Ernie): Ernie passed away January 8, 2014 at 95 years of age. Ernie was born in Battleford, Sk on October 2, 1918. He lived and worked in the Battleford area in his younger years.

The City of North Battleford has drawn its latest winner of a $50 gift card as part of the Snow Angel program.

There were around 20 calls for service/occurrences reported by Battlefords RCMP between 6am Thursday and 7:20 am Friday. There were also two false alarms that police responded to and one false/nuisance 911 call. Thursday 8:24 a.m.