Battlefords News-Optimist

It did not take long for the City of North Battleford to find a replacement for Keith Anderson as director of parks and recreation.

One person was hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Railway Avenue and Battleford Road Thursday at about 6:30 p.m. North Battleford Fire Department reports one of the vehicles had to be towed from the scene.

For the second year in a row, cancer survivor Dana Lavoie has topped the province in the Girls' Night In fundraising initiative. Canadian Cancer Society Battlefords Unit manager Janice Foley presented her with an iPad Mini Thursday.

Battlefords RCMP attended to 30 calls for service between 6 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 19 and 6 a.m. Friday, Dec. 20. Among those were two alarms, both false, and two false/nuisance 911 calls. Thursday 8:09 a.m.

The auction hall was standing room only Thursday, Dec. 12 for Kramer Auction Ltd.'s fourth annual land auction. A total of 32 quarters of land were sold by auction and 37 were leased by auction.

Soooo whaaas happinin'? Minus 20 and 30 and all of a sudden it turns to five below. I'm loving it! The winter is really long at -30C. Could have done without the wind though. The snow even melted a little on the patio after Bev shoveled (again).

Dear Editor What a simply wonderful time of year this is. Looking around, I see a blanket of fresh snow, sparkling and pure, lights shining invitingly and decorations adding warmth and colour to the scene.

Preliminary inquiry dates have been set this week in North Battleford provincial court in the murder case of Nicholas Giroux.

The RM of Glenside held a byelection for reeve on Dec. 4 at the R.M. office in Biggar. Kim Custer of Division 5 ran against Garry Hoppe from Division 3. Hoppe was elected, taking over from Wade Parkinson.

HUNTER, Alice Clara (nee Manegre), December 6, 1930 - December 2, 2013. It is with great sadness that we announce that our mom, Alice Hunter, passed away peacefully in the company of her loving family on Monday, December 2, 2013.