Battlefords News-Optimist

Bingo was played at the Maidstone Drop In Centre May 2 with Margaret MacEachern and Joan Smith doing the calling. The loonie pot was won by seven people so was left to accumulate. Lunch was provided by Dorothy Schwartz.

Approximately 150 bales were lost to fire at Little Pine First Nation April 16. Cut Knife RCMP say they are investing a series of three separate fires and are asking for assistance from the public.

The keeping of Sask. Party election promises was among the highlights for the MLA for Cut Knife-Turtleford during the legislative session that just ended.

As the CUPlex fundraising committee is in a final push to raise the remaining $600,000 for the multi-purpose facility, an opportunity was presented to put to rest some of the rumours and concerns that have been discussed by the public.

The demand for assisted living spaces for seniors in the Battlefords is finally being addressed with the opening of the new Harwood Manor complex in North Battleford.

The convicted chief of Poundmaker Cree First Nation is headed back to office. Duane Antoine was re-elected May 18, despite being one of the eight individuals and officials who pled guilty in the a land entitlement fraud case involving the reserve.

After the excitement of Pink Week died down, the board of the Living Sky School Division discussed bullying from an administrative perspective Brian Quinn, the superintendent of School Operations/Cirriculum and Instruction, presented a document descr

On March 31 of this year, the Sask. Party killed the film and television industry in our province. They didn't just end an incentive program: they destroyed the hopes, dreams, jobs and businesses of talented Saskatchewan storytellers.

WINDO; Francis "Frank" Alfred Windo passed away in Edam, Saskatchewan on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at the age of 93 years.

Best wishes to Conrad and Danay Smart as they move from their home in Waseca to be closer to the homes of their parents near Prince Albert. Conrad and Danay have resided in the village of about four years.