Battlefords News-Optimist

Newly-introduced regulations to protect late-night workers have been welcomed by the NDP MLA who had been pushing for the changes.

It's a small branch of the Legion, but every year No. 349 holds a Remembrance Day service of no little significance to the Saskatchewan Hospital community, veterans throughout the Battlefords and their families.

Agriculture policies were on the agenda of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan meetings in North Battleford last week. The meetings Nov. 1 at Don Ross Centre were among four fall district meetings scheduled by the organization.

There was so much mud it could swallow the dead and injured whole; alive or dead didn't matter. If those still alive couldn't keep themselves above the mud, they were swallowed.

"Danger. No entry. Undetonated explosives." Not exactly the sign one would expect at a Canadian National Park. The sign is everywhere in the Canadian National Park on Vimy Ridge in France. The signs are not for decoration.

There will be four main Remembrance Day services for the public throughout the Battlefords, all of them taking place on Remembrance Day. The Gold Ridge Centre will host a service for Métis and First Nations veterans that will be open to the public.

The last volleyball tournament before regionals, which took place last weekend at John Paul II, left North Battleford Comprehensive High School in a very good mood.

I am hoping everyone is wearing their poppies with pride and remembering "freedom is never free." Please find a way to thank a veteran who has earned us one of many freedoms this country takes for granted on a daily basis.

WAPPEL: In Loving Memory of Alfred Wappel who was born June 15, 1923 at Medstead, SK and passed away October 22, 2012 at North Battleford, SK.

A family therapist, Murray Bowen, believes you can understand a family and a person within the family unit when you investigate and analyze their past three generations.