Battlefords News-Optimist

Grade 4 were treated to a hearty dose of the drama, tedium and decorum of the political process last week, as the Speaker of the Saskatchewan Legislature, Dan D'Autremont, came by to put on an "educational outreach program.

MANEGRE - Funeral Mass for the late Roger Manegre of North Battleford was held on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 @ 11:00 a.m. from the Don Ross Centre with Reverend Father Gerard Legaspi officiating.

The process for setting up Operation Red Nose, the Christmas-season ride home service to reduce drunk driving, is a long one. The process starts in April, when the North Battleford Lions, who work as drivers, are contacted.

The North Battleford Comprehensive High School Vikings senior girls' basketball team was set to host a eight-team tournament on the weekend.

As of Jan. 10, the precautionary drinking water advisory for the village of Neilburg has been lifted. It had been in effect since Dec.

North Battleford RCMP are investigating a violent home invasion which occurred shortly before 9 p.m. on the evening of Tuesday, Jan. 14. Three perpetrtors wearing disguises, two men and one woman, entered a home on the 1700 block of St.

The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce has announced it has lined up its guest speaker for the President's Banquet on Jan. 29. The speaker is Kendal Netmaker, founder and CEO of Neechiegear.

With all of the violence that has taken place in schools south of the border recently, parents might be thinking seriously about the disaster preparedness of their children's schools.

The Battlefords North Stars came close to having a perfect weekend, but in hockey there is a fine line between a prefect weekend and a disappointing weekend.

Now the weather is warmer, up to single digit minuses and it is starting to snow. How long before that miserable 30 below comes back? I don't want it, I want spring! I have marked July 9 and 10 as a hoar frost rain. We will see.