Battlefords News-Optimist

Grade seven students from North Battleford competed in a unique new learning exercise Wednesday - boat racing. These weren't your average boats, you wouldn't find an outboard motor on one and you certainly wouldn't want to take it out on the lake.

Efforts of Sakewew High School's Gay Straight Alliance group have taken students from that high school all the way to Toronto. A number of students were there for the national OUTshine Gay-Straight Alliance summit in Toronto during mid-May.

Two Battlefords boys enjoyed a successful weekend of hockey in North Dakota and Minnesota last week. Keanu Foulds and Jake Southgate play AAA spring hockey with the major atom SaskCan club in Saskatoon.

Arriving at Unity Public School (UPS) in 2004, principal Doug English will be retiring at the end of June. English is best known for his resolve to build relationships in the community with a variety of activities and programs.

The Late Rupert Earl Talbot, from Canwood, will be inducted posthumously into the individual category of the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame as a player Aug. 17. He was born March 17, 1898 in Quebec. He moved to Saskatoon when he was 14.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders Football Club, SaskEnergy and Canadian Blood Services hit the practice field at University of Saskatchewan Griffiths Stadium today to kick off Bleed Green season four.

Anyone licking their chops at the possibility of a UFC or other form of mixed martial arts event coming to Saskatchewan after Wednesday's House of Commons ruling will likely be disappointed.

Kids in Grades 7-12 will have the chance to improve their volleyball skills this weekend at the NationsWEST Field House.

Battlefords RCMP advise that a 15-year-old girl reported missing by her family May 30, has been located safe and sound and has been returned to her family.

When John Paul II Collegiate decided to get "lean," its focus wasn't on paper clips or paperwork, it was on student achievement.