Battlefords News-Optimist

North Battleford's Mikaela York got her college running career off to a strong start with a fourth place finish last Saturday.

More building permits were issued in August than the previous year in North Battleford, but values were way down from a year ago.

A house fire at 13th Avenue and 107th Street Thursday afternoon is currently under RCMP investigation. It's considered "suspicious in nature" as the second fire at the house in a one-week span, but no cause has been determined.

Two suspects accused in the Sept. 1 shooting incident in North Battleford will see their matters return to provincial court in October. Justin Fineday returns to court Oct. 2 by video conference for a show cause hearing.

This second half of summer has been great - warm days and nights, the mosquitoes all but disappeared, and I don't recall any severe storms - at least in Saskatoon and surrounding areas.

Perfect harvest weather is what we are enjoying and the harvest is progressing well. We can just hope there is a continuation of this weather for some time. School has been in session for a couple of weeks now.

Local music fans are in for a rare treat, as country roots band Petunia and the Vipers will be rolling into the area. The band will be playing at the Livelong Hall on Oct.1.

Flying into Cuba, from the air, the soil looks reddish brown, with a lot of waste land, that I suspect is sandy. Or it may be that it is dead looking due to dryness. We are staying at Sol Melia Resort in Varadero for three days.

Saskatchewan NDP leader Cam Broten was back in the Battlefords Sept. 17 as he brought his "listening tour" to the community.

It was the first North Battleford municipal services committee meeting for new Fire Chief Albert Headrick on Monday.