Battlefords News-Optimist

Who believes in that Friday the 13th hype anyway? Let's enjoy our weather, harvest progression and the beautiful colours of fall now in our landscape. It's the weekend of truth for Unity.

A building plan was presented to North Battleford council Monday for a new walk-in medical clinic in the city. The owner is Prairie North Regional Health Authority and it is to be located at 1092 - 106th St., in the parking lot west of the hospital.

Jack Harrison Abbott was born Sept. 16, 1890, at Dufferin, Man. He received all of his education in Winnipeg. In 1906, at the age of 16, Jack moved to the village of North Battleford to apprentice at the O.W.

Here are some more highlights from the Sept. 9 council meeting in North Battleford (information provided courtesy of City Marketing And Communications Co-ordinator Mike Halstead.

Dear Editor When we cut jobs, are we cutting our own throats? Jobs are our livelihoods. They give us life. In exchange for our time and energy, we earn income to meet our physical needs and we earn self-respect to fulfill our psychological needs.

Saskatchewan currently has the highest rates of HIV in Canada, about two and a half time times the national average. There have been 1,000 new positive diagnoses in the last five years.

Nicole Burns has been living with HIV and Hepatitis C since June 19, 2009. Her test results were the hardest things she had ever had to hear, but she has been able to overcome her diagnosis and has started speaking out about her story.

North Battleford council finally looks ready to say "good riddance" to communal garbage bins.

Ed, my neighbour next door, cannot believe anyone can waste time reading the way I do. Yesterday, when Ed came out his backdoor to have a cigarette, I was in our gazebo reading.

The Battlefords Horticultural Society held their annual show Aug. 14 to 16 at the Agriplex during the Battlefords Agricultural Society Territorial Days in conjunction with other domestic exhibits.