Battlefords News-Optimist

There were traffic delays on the Highway 16 bypass Friday at about 9:30 a.m. after two vehicles collided. North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services report no injuries, but both vehicles had to be towed from the scene.

The grand opening of the mini St. Bridget's Anglican Church was held Oct. 7 at the cemetery grounds. The church bell rang a few minutes before the opening. It was a cool, cloudy, windy day, but almost at the stroke of the 3 p.m.

It was a fairly routine night Tuesday for the new 2012-16 North Battleford city council. The new council was sworn in at a meeting the previous week, but that meeting was ceremonial in nature.

He was drafted 13th overall in the 2009 Western Hockey League's bantam draft by the Kootenay Ice and now Colby Cave is one of the top players with the Swift Current Broncos.

Gertie Sherman's daughter Pat and her husband Jim have recently returned from a four-week visit to Australia. Pat has been writing to a pen friend, Karen Molloy in New South Wales, for the past 49 years.

Nov. 24, Paynton organizations are coming togetherto raise money for the roof re-build ofPaynton's recreation facility. Paynton Library Board, Recreation Board, Volunteer Fire Department andFarmers' Market are hosting this all-day fundraiser.

Dear Editor Is the North American media biased or not? One has only to look at the coverage given Hurricane Sandy.

Former Unity resident, Karen McLean, experienced Hurricane Sandy first-hand. While vacationing in Salem, Mass., Karen and her friends discovered they would soon be in the path of Hurricane Sandy.

It was a busy weekend of volleyball across the province and this weekend will be more of the same.

As a child, I began stockpiling food 'just in case.' I always had three nutritious meals every day and never went hungry, but when my younger siblings started growing and passing my height I always made sure I made it to the dinner table on time.