Battlefords News-Optimist

RCMP Major Crime Unit North have arrested and charged Nicholas Clifford Giroux, 36, with second degree murder. Giroux appeared in court in Saskatoon Provincial Court on Tuesday afternoon and his case was adjourned to Oct. 4 at 9:30 am.

At the outset, I am indebted to Larry Romanow for researching the information on Rueben Mayes. Larry's work included the story of the Shiloh people, Rueben's forbearers.

A dear friend and writing colleague and I were chatting by email the other day when she mentioned having to go back and rework the spelling of a word.

ELLIS: Freda Yvonne Ellis: Born May 1, 1933 at Notre Dame Hospital, North Battleford, SK; Passed away: September 5, 2013 at Battlefords District Care Centre, Battleford, SK.

HRABIA: Helen Marie Hrabia, of North Battleford, Saskatchewan, passed away peacefully at the Villa Pascal on Saturday, September 21, 2013 at the age of 83. Helen was born on April 29, 1930 in Dana, Saskatchewan to parents, Nick and Maria Peri.

Maidstone made history Sept. 24 as the province's first Collaborative Emergency Centre in the province was officially opened there.

Malayalam is the mother tongue of Kerala, the Southern state of India and people from Kerala are called Malayalees.

BOURGEOIS: Georgette Simonne Bourgeois of North Battleford, SK and formerly Gravelbourg, SK, passed away on September 15, 2013, at the age of 98 years. Simonne was born in Gravelbourg on July 8, 1915 to Amédée and Jeanne Piché.

Letters are going out to 151 patients at Prairie North Health Region informing them of a privacy breach involving their personal information.

Battlefords RCMP are reporting a homicide at a local hotel in the early hours of Monday. RCMP say they responded to a report of a stabbing at the downtown Travelodge at just after 4 a.m.