Battlefords News-Optimist

Haiti has changed Wendy Pawelko's life. "I look at things differently now," she says, and most of what she does these days is a precursor to a return trip to the beleaguered Caribbean nation.

WIRTH: Mr Garth Francis Wirth of Glaslyn, Saskatchewan passed away on February 13th, 2013 in Glaslyn, Saskatchewan at the age of 62 years. Garth was born on January 19th, 1951 in Regina, Saskatchewan. Funeral Mass celebrating the life of Mr.

Inspired. That's Makenzie Jesse. You might also say she is inspiring. Monday, the Grade 7 Battleford Central School student rode the last kilometre of a 100 kilometre journey to raise some $5,000 for a well in Kenya.

A local presentation of the Vagina Monologues Feb. 16 at the Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts in North Battleford has raised thousands of dollars for its beneficiaries.

Smoke from a train engine in the North Battleford rail yard caused concern for city residents Monday morning.

The Battlefords AAA Sharks earned their third win of the season in their final Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League regular season game.

At the beginning of the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League season, head coach Martin Smith and the Battlefords Midget Stars set goals for the season. One was to make it to the Mac's Tournament in December, another was to make the playoffs.

The award winning Battlefords Community Players is about to host the longest running competitive theatre festival in Canada.

March 5 has been set as the grand opening date for the CUPlex field house. That announcement was made Thursday.

North Battleford city officials had some explaining to do to reporters Tuesday over a reference in the City budget to "the negatives of increasing First Nations populations.