Battlefords News Optimist

Prairie North Regional Health Authority board members have approved a 2011-12 operating and capital budgets of over $243 million.

For a couple weeks there was speculation about the completion of the North Stars' Dane Muench trade to the Vernon Vipers of the BCHL.

A vehicle was vandalized after an outbuilding at Alcurve Junction (Highways 3 and 17) was broken into sometime between May 27 and 29, according to Lloydminster Rural RCMP.

We're going off the beaten trail for a while, starting with the Indie-rock group aptly named "fun." Formed in 2008 by former The Format front man Nate Ruess, the band, to date, has released only one album, Aim and Ignite.

May 9, the Radisson Museum had Grade 12 students from Trek School in Regina stop in for a tour of the museum and to write up reports on their visit.

CAHILL: ELIZABETH 1916-2011 Beloved mother of Margaret (Tom) Peppinck passed away May 28, 2011 in St. Albert, AB.

Dear Editor, This is the story of Canadian triplets, Robin, Hunter and Sam. Everyone said they could have any job they wanted when they grew up. They knew this was true, but not in the way people meant. They could only have jobs they wanted.

The weather seems to be helping out the spring seeding and garden causes. This weekend the ball diamond hosted the 17th annual Miners slo-pitch. Weather held out for a change. Sixteen teams participated for a $2,400 cash payout.

When most people start approaching 80, they're thinking of their latest grandchild or their new hip, but for Don Heppner, his newly-released CD is on his mind.

The current exhibition at the Chapel Gallery is by nationally recognized Saskatchewan painter Terry Fenton. "A Wide Horizon" captures the beauty, light and colour of the landscape in southwest Saskatchewan.