Battlefords News-Optimist

"Creative mess equals creative thought!" - Timothy Atwood The bright sunny day encouraged a few more Batttlefords Art Club members to attend our Tuesday session at Don Ross Centre.

Spring is here, can't you tell? The eight-foot snow drifts that were built overnight by gusting winds reaching 87 km/h in places was alovely welcome to spring from Mother Nature.

Two teams, Weyburn and La Ronge, with legendary coaches at the start of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League season are on the outside of the playoff picture and both will have different coaches next season.

The first of the bylaws resulting from the recently-adopted 2013 North Battleford budget made its way to council Monday.

The Regina Rebels didn't do anything spectacular in their game one win over the Battlefords AAA Sharks in Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League action, but they did take the 1-0 series lead.

Building permit numbers are down in North Battleford to start 2013. The January numbers, compiled by Building Inspector Jerry Wintonyk and presented at Monday night's council meeting, saw a sharp drop in value.

While the residential refuse rate bylaw will have to wait for another meeting in order to be signed and sealed, two other bylaws introduced at Monday's City of North Battleford council meeting did make it through in three readings.

These days just about everything is stored in the form of a computer file, whether it's photos, documents, invoicing or business contact details.

There's a Battlefords connection to a popular animated feature film currently making its rounds at the cinemas.

The first RCMP policing numbers are in for 2013 and calls for service to Battlefords City Detachment have dropped significantly compared to the previous year. Numbers for January 2013 saw 779 calls for service, compared to 1,148 in January 2012.