Battlefords News Optimist

Farmers in the Northwest are hoping forecasts of warmer temperatures come true for the coming weeks as the entire province remains behind schedule with the harvest.

Does it seem like everyone around you is separating or divorcing? Is your sibling going through a divorce? How about a close friend or co-worker? If that's the case, you may want to put some social distance between them and you.

Ed, my neighbor next door, is embarrassed to know me. It is a "last straw" kind of thing. The list against me is pretty long with Ed. It has to do with me being a pencil pusher type.

The Battlefords city detachment of the RCMP saw some improvement in the month of August in the crime statistics.

We all know what stress is. We probably all experience it from time to time, maybe even daily.

The rhythm of the school day was a little different than usual in Paradise Hill Monday. The Saskatchewan Cultural Exchange kicked off its annual tour spending the day with Division I and II students.

A collision involving an RCMP vehicle in early September raised concerns from city councillors at Monday's municipal services committee meeting at City Hall. The incident happened Sept.

Two worthy recipients will be benefiting from generous donations made from the estate of Marianne Magdalene Wilgers, who devoted her life to nursing and public health before she passed away in 2008 at age 93.

Dear Editor I would like to let the health district know their systems are not working. Closing labs, hospitals, yanking ambulance services and forcing people to go to larger centres, is not the answer.

In the middle of July, David and Darlene Goodwillie were sightseeing by their cabin on Sec.