Battlefords News-Optimist

JANS: In Loving Memory of Kathy Carol Jans who was born March 21, 1956 at Saskatoon, SK and passed away May 31, 2012 at Battleford, SK.

New work by Dana Standinghorn is currently profiled on the feature wall in the Chapel Gallery. Standinghorn is a local artist who has been painting for 17 years.

A local donor has established the Anonymous Fund and annually the income from the fund is donated to the Battlefords Boys and Girls Club.

It's strange the conversations one can have as a reporter. A while ago, I was speaking to someone who claimed to have definitive proof of the falsity of quantum theory.

One of the remaining accused in the Mosquito First Nation TLE case is going to trial this fall. Gerald Arthur Bird, who was TLE trustee on the reserve, is going to trial for fraud and criminal breach of trust.

City of North Battleford Historic Archives timeline showing the progression of Canadian women gaining rights: 1878 - For the first time in federal elections, votes cast in private. Only men could vote.

The Battlefords North Stars graduated nine players from the 2011-12 roster, head coach and general manager Ken Hasselberg have been hard at work piecing together another competitive Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League team.

The Town of Battleford has quietly dropped the idea of bringing in criminal record checks for the 2012 civic election. Members of town council received the information about the idea at their Monday council meeting.

It's confession time. Although this took place nearly 20 years ago, this is the first time I have ever revealed this deep dark secret. The other person involved promised she'd never squeal on me and I believe she kept her word.

Sometime between the evening of June 9 and the morning of June 11, a number of tires and rims were stolen from vehicles parked at two separate businesses on the 3000 block of 99th Street in North Battleford.