Battlefords News-Optimist

The Battlefords Sharks are still fighting to get into the "W" column despite keeping it close against the Weyburn Southern Range Gold Wings.

The investigation has been completed into the sudden death of a 21-year-old Saskatoon man. Mark Stone, 21, was found dead in North Battleford last week in what was initially labeled a suspicious death.

BOYER: Hap (Albert Ronald) Boyer (83), passed away in North Battleford, October 24th, 2012 just before his 84th birthday following a brief illness. Hap was born in a log cabin near Murray Lake on November 2nd, 1928 to Joseph and Helen Boyer.

I've just returned from a wonderful time of rest and refreshing with friends I hadn't seen in at least a decade.

When one starts a big-inch pipeline job, the safety orientation takes a good chunk of the day. Part of that orientation focuses on being a flagman.

It seems last Wednesday's municipal elections showed that, while the Battlefords are separated only by a river, they are far apart in their judgment of their councils.

Guy Turcotte and his family have been frightening Battlefords residents for 12 years with elaborate Halloween displays.

JOHNSTON: In Loving Memory of Laveta Dorothy Johnston who was born October 7, 1916 at Rosthern, SK and passed away October 13, 2012 at Saskatoon, SK. A "Service Of Remembrance" was held Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.

The moon starts out the month just past full phase, with Jupiter less than a degree above in the eastern evening sky - an occultation in southern Africa. Nov. 11, Venus and Spica bracket the thin crescent moon in the early morning.

A man has been arrested in connection to break and enters in the Battlefords. According to an RCMP news release Monday, Liam Bassingthwaighte has been arrested and faces several charges.