Battlefords News-Optimist

The Twin Rivers Curling Club was a beehive of activity on Saturday. Fifteen teams competed in the third annual Tim Hortons Youth Bonspiel. The participants ranged from seven to 14 year old.

No news was bad news for North Battleford city council Monday when it came to WestJet's new regional airline. Councillors noted that the airline - the new service is called Encore -announced news of its initial routes Feb 11.

In a pain-filled week of human suffering it would have been easy to think that there wasn't much more to life than that. It we let them, news reports of war, gang rape, killing sprees and more can dominate the air waves and deaden the soul.

The Twin Rivers Curling Club has got creative with some of their recent activities at the Northland Power Curling Centre. A Sticks and Stones Bonspiel was held Feb. 2 and 3.

There is a fine line in sports between a successful weekend and a disappointing one. The Battlefords North Stars went 0-1-0-2 in their three-games in four-nights stretch of the schedule beginning Friday in Flin Flon.

BATC Community Development Corporation funded the Battlefords Indian Métis Friendship Centre for the last couple of years to run an emergency shelter for homeless people.

A 23-year-old Meadow Lake Man is facing charges after an RCMP raid on a home in that city Feb. 6.

It took awhile for the Battlefords Midget Stars to pulled away from the Beardy's Blackhawks in Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League action when the teams played Thursday at the Civic Centre.

The annual SUMA convention wrapped up Feb. 6 with one of the familiar staples of the event: the bear pit session featuring provincial cabinet ministers.

Depressed oil prices and discounts to Saskatchewan oil have emerged as a growing concern for the provincial government.