Battlefords News-Optimist

The kindergarten to Grade 8 students of HHS were entertained by concerts Sept. 18 and Sept. 21. A Little Opera on the Prairie presented its first touring production, Isis and the Seven Scorpions, by Canada's own Dean Burry, Sept. 18.

The Village of Borden will be having an election for village aldermen with five candidates running for four positions - incumbents Ian Tracksell, Janie Branderick and Terry Tkazcyk along with Frank Silcox and Tom Redhead.

There was more good news from the Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative Sept. 24.

RCMP have issued a warning to the public about the release of a man with a history of violent sex offences from Bowden Institution in Alberta Thursday. Nicky Calliou finished serving a 36-month sentence of sexual assault Sept.

Why do you want to lose weight? I mean, really, why ? Start a list, right now. Write down all the reasons for your desire to lose weight. Some of the reasons may be vain. You want to look better in your wedding dress.

Loon Lake RCMP are unable to lay charges against four youth under the age of 12 they suspect are involved in rash of break and enters and car vandalism in the village during the month of September.

Saskatchewan is growing. Our economy is robust, our population thriving. It is an exciting time to be a Saskatchewan citizen. The pride we feel for our province now serves to attract new residents.

Ten-year-old Maeson Stabbler, a patient of Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton at the age of five when he needed open heart surgery, is working to give back to the facility that was there for him when he needed help.

Unity Public School and Cut Knife Elementary School were the beneficiaries of 325 iPads to launch the One?to?One Learning program in their schools, Sept. 19.

River Heights Lodge held Family Fun Night events Sept. 19 and 20. A portion of each evening was spent on the soon-to-be-famous pie contest, complete with celebrity pie judges.