Battlefords News-Optimist

Early this spring the Renwick family sadly lost a dear friend to cancer. They had sat with their friend, during the final weeks and days at the palliative care rooms in St Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon.

New ground was broken in the area of communication between school and home, when John Paul II Collegiate held its first ever student led conferences.

A farewell to the last member of the Sisters of the Child Jesus to serve in the Battlefords was held at St. Joseph Calasanctius Church recently, during a visit to the parish from the head of the diocese, Bishop Albert Thévenot of Prince Albert. Sr.

"It don't matter what you wear or who you are. Whether you drive a Cadillac or a big old 4x4. You don't have to own no cattle, or even ride a horse. It's all good, at the Edam Cowboy Country Church." "That's right, y'all.

In North Battleford Provincial Court last week a youth and two men charged in connection with a Sept. 20 shooting in the city were identified as members of the Terror Squad, an aboriginal gang.

Remembrance Day falls on a Monday this year, giving some the impression there is a long weekend to celebrate. But Nov. 11 isn't a holiday in the way Victoria Day and Canada Day are holidays.

I am a professional wildlife photographer Oct. 28, a windy, sunny afternoon), I happened to be in the right place at the right time.

Between 6 a.m. Thursday and 6 a.m. Friday Battlefords RCMP responded to more than 20 calls for service. Thursday 9:57 a.m.

Senior Viking Girls' Volleyball are off to regionals this weekend in Melfort . There are six teams competing in the Northern Girls' 5A regionals. The top three teams advance to Provincials which are held in Yorton this year.

La Ronge RCMP are requesting the public assistance inlocating 24-year-old Jodi Roberts. Roberts was last seen in the community of Sucker River north of La Ronge Oct 31. Roberts is an aboriginal female, 5'4, 120 lbs, brown eyes and brown hair.