Battlefords News-Optimist

The City of North Battleford has announced April 27 as the date for Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day. Items will be collected between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the public works shop on 11112 - 6th Ave.

Battleford Town Council voted unanimously to sign another contract with artist and former City of North Battleford galleries director Dean Bauche to act as consultant to its Opera House project.

As one opportunity ends behind them, another door opens for graduating Battlefords AAA Sharks Taylor Durocher and Shania Rhinehart.

The communication lines have been hopping the past couple days and it's all about what the spring thaw is going to do to our highways and byways. The City of North Battleford's missive is titled "Pothole season has arrived.

A new fund has been established with the Battlefords and District Community Foundation to benefit the Battlefords and Area Sexual Assault Centre.

Andrew Albers knew this season playing at the AAA level in the Minnesota Twins' organization was a possibility, but he expected to start where he finished last season.

April 4 1974 - Hank Aaron tied Babe Ruth's Major League Baseball home run record with his 714th. He would pass the record four days later. 1994 - Chicago Cub Karl Rhodes hits three home runs on opening day.

An event that has grown in popularity since 2008 has a new time frame this year. In past years, A Taste of Culture has been held at the same time as Agri-Mex, the Battlefords Agricultural Society's annual spring trade show.

Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of a Monthly Donor Club, A Brighter Tomorrow.

The outdoor track and field season is coming up quickly, but before that some local athletes competed indoors in Saskatoon.