Battlefords News-Optimist

The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League off-season work continues for the Battlefords North Stars and currently they are searching for billet families for the 2012-13 season.

North Battleford City Hall continues to move forward with plans to for Caleb Group of Saskatoon to take over the former Kinsmen Aquatic Centre site.

A baseball career that began in Manitoba and stretched for five decades that will be honoured by the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in August.

There have been so many catastrophes in the world lately, which I believe we all find depressing. So I am not going to talk about them this week. Instead I would like to about babies.

The wind picked up for the third day of the SGI CANADA Saskatchewan Junior Men's Championship in Warman and effected all golfers' scores.

Canadian coins worth approximately $1,500 were stolen from a residence on the 1500 block of 106th Street in North Battleford between evening June 14 and morning June 15. A bedroom window was climbed through to gain access to the house.

The city will continue to waive landfill fees until July 15, for trees only. Normal charges will apply to everything else.

A new group home has opened in Spiritwood for those with intellectual disabilities. The initiative includes a three-space and a new 30-hour supported independent living program.

Mosquitoes are here, and that is prompting concern about West Nile Virus.

The Crown Hill 4-H Beef Club, with 20 members from Borden, Hafford, Blaine Lake and Leask, held their achievement day June 24 at the Blaine Lake sports ground.