Battlefords News-Optimist

The new and returning members of North Battleford city council have been sworn in.

The North Stars entertained their families on the weekend, not only on the ice, but off it as well, as it was the team's annual parents and billets weekend.

North Saskatchewan River Municipal Health Holdings clinics continue to be very busy especially with the flu season just around the corner, board members were told at a regular meeting Oct.

Louis Riel's trial took place 127 years ago. But his legacy has greatly outlived him. He remains an important and polarizing figure - a messiah or megalomaniac, rebel or patriot, champion or villain.

Paradise Hill arena has been granted $14,485 in federal funding for upgrades to the community's arena through the Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund.

A charge of sexual assault has been laid against Harry Dekker, 55, of North Battleford. RCMP confirmed the charge Monday afternoon in a news release. Sgt.

With a mandate to promote and preserve fiddle music and dance - and because of their on-going work within the province to keep the heritage and culture of old time fiddling alive and growing - the John Arcand Fiddle Fest will be presenting the 18th a

There were a number of races decided by voters at the ballot box in the Northwest region's rural municipalities Oct. 24. Most of the seats had already been filled by acclamations after the Sept.

Seventeen-year-old Jessica Sibley keeps climbing the ladder of her hockey success story. Jess is athletic and loves playing all sports, but it was the rink she was always drawn back to. She started playing hockey at age four.

Though The Lost Fingers might not be well-known in the Battlefords, their style and their music should be.