Battlefords News-Optimist

Local residents are being urged to look out, and keep clear of rising levels and flow in the North Saskatchewan River this week.

Two Northwest School Division teachers and learning coaches, Susan Plant and Jennifer Dorval, have earned a Dr. Stirling McDowell research grant totalling just under $11,000 to fund a research project to be launched in the fall.

After his worst outing of the season, New Britain Rock Cats left handed pitcher Andrew Albers responded with one of his best efforts of the season four days later.

Re/Max of the Battlefords continues a 15-year partnership with the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation with a recent donation of $1,000.

It wasn't the best of days, it wasn't the worst of days, but it was a Thursday and it was surprising that there were 36 New Horizon members show up to golf.It only goes to show you they have not all lost it.

We are now into the month of June and I thought I would take some time right now to give you an update on how the "Summer Blockbuster Season" is doing at the domestic box office.

The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority had a profitable year in 2011-12. Wednesday they announced revenues of $267.2 million and a profit of $81.8 million for the fiscal year. That is a 27 per cent increase over the previous year.

One person was sent to hospital following a collision on the southbound Battlefords Bridge Tuesday. According to North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services, the collision happened around 3:48 pm on Tuesday in the middle of the southbound bridge.

A graduation celebration on Pelican Lake First Nation has taken a tragic twist as Spiritwood RCMP investigate the death of a 23-year-old man.

The Prairie North Health Region announced in a recent press release that it has approved a balanced budget. The health region will be spending a total of over $260 million in 2012-13, representing a 6.98 per cent increase over last year's numbers.