Battlefords News-Optimist

Battlefords Rural RCMP have recovered six stolen vehicles in heavily bushed areas within Sweetgrass First Nation.

Battleford town council received its quarterly crime statistics at its Jan. 21 meeting and took care of some routine business. First on the agenda was a visit from the Battlefords Harness Club, who donated $400 for walking trail maintenance.

Building permit numbers for September were up, but permit values were way down, based on the report for the month for North Battleford.

After 16 years of hosting the Annual Old Time Fiddle Contest, in 2012 the North Battleford Western Development Museum decided not to continue.

Our first skiff of snow for this fall came Monday morning. The temperature was below zero so the light rain turned to snowflakes. It didn't last long and melted almost as soon as it fell.

Turtleford Community Centre will host one of 11 Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association district meetings which began Monday. The meeting for District 9B will begin at 7 p.m. Monday. Director for the region is Dean Moore.

It was pretty much a stay-the-course Speech from the Throne delivered Wednesday afternoon. The speech, delivered in the legislature by Lt. Gov.

The Battlefords North Stars announced last week they were beneficiaries of the Saskatchewan Lotteries Trust Fund for Sport, Culture and Recreation.

Dear Editor Imagine you are a Canadian soldier who has been disabled in the line of duty.

Dear Editor This is a message to all businesses. 2014 is the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, the "Great War." This means 2013 is the 99th anniversary. Canada sent 600,000 soldiers to the Great War.