Battlefords News-Optimist

The 1200 block of 110th Street is closed, as city grews remove a large tree. The City of North Battleford expects street and avenue closures to happen frequently over the next few weeks as the cleanup from Monday's storm continues.

The cleanup has begun following a massive thunderstorm that hit the Battlefords Monday night. The storm, which struck shortly before 10 p.m., brought down entire trees and tree branches across North Battleford and Battleford.

Services are disrupted Tuesday at Battlefords Union Hospital due to the power outage from Monday night's storm. Patient Care is being maintained with backup power from emergency generators as designed.

Efforts towards creating a safer community in North Battleford continued to come together this week at the latest meeting on community mobilization.

Just like the storm hit Monday night, so too did the North Battleford Beavers' offence in the seventh inning of their baseball game. The Beavers and the Mervin Flyers squared off in North Saskatchewan River Baseball League action.

SaskPower advises it will be 18 to 24 hours before electricity is restored to the areas of North Battleford left in the dark after Monday night's storm.

North Battleford has Scott Campbell to thank for much of the increase in building permit values in May.

A man has been arrested in a pellet-gun shooting incident in North Battleford on the weekend. Blake Thompson, 32, faces five charges in connection to the Sunday afternoon shooting.

A very unstable airmass is setting up over Southern Saskatchewan.

The long process of finding a head coach for the Battlefords Midget Stars has finally come to an end with a familiar face back behind the bench.