Battlefords News-Optimist

Dear Editor At the same time that the Canadian Department of Nation Defence has admitted the numbers of suicide incidents in the Canadian Forces have risen, how is it possible the department is eliminating the jobs of medical professionals involved i

A boot to all the Canada Day revelers who completely lost their minds as they jockeyed for position to watch the fireworks display in the area of King Hill.

Grad season has come and gone, the kids are out of school. Spring flowers have bloomed and fruit trees are fruiting, summer is really here. Tornados and flooding have been the topic of conversation amongst most these days, but life does go on.

The village of Denholm celebrated 100 years, 1912-2012. Registration was June 29. Coffee and dainties as well as a cash bar were available. The next day started off with a continental breakfast, followed by a parade.

Former Mosquito First Nation chief Clarence Stone will learn of his fate July 13.

John Paul II's annual graduation ceremonies took place June 28. The day started with a meaningful mass organized by John Paul II's chaplain, Andrea Sparrow. That afternoon, the awards ceremony took place.

Excited children wove their way single-file through hallways stacked with desks to the Ratushniak Elementary School gymnasium at the end of the day on the last day of classes.

The Village of Denholm celebrated a 100th birthday of incorporation as a village June 29 to July 1, with 277 registered guests attending with many more dropping in throughout the afternoon.

Ed, my neighbour next door, feels the world is divided into two types of people. On one side, there are people like him who have never left home.

In a best of three series against the Battlefords Bantam Bandits, the Unity Bantam Panthers played their hearts out to win the first two games to advance to this year's Saskatchewan Summer Games in Meadow Lake in August.