Battlefords News Optimist

The UCW held their annual spring, tea, plant and bake sale May 14 in the Speers Recreation Centre. It was well attended by people from Speers, Hafford, Maymont, North Battleford and Richard.

A 19-year-old North Battleford man was in court Monday charged with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. Charged is Dylan Paskemin of North Battleford.

Dear Editor As a taxpayer, it makes my stomach churn every time I hear about another union or professional association demanding more money because I know it means a take home pay cut for myself.

A fire in a house trailer has claimed the life of a man in Glaslyn. RCMP and Glaslyn volunteer firefighters responded to the fire about 1:20 a.m. Thursday. The house trailer was described as fully engulfed in flames.

EINARSSON: In Loving Memory of John Franklin Einarsson who was born Aug. 18, 1940 at Churchbridge, SK and passed away May 15, 2011 at North Battleford, SK.

How many people knew the Saskatchewan Roughrider rookie camp began Wednesday? My guess is not many.

Dear Editor The last Battleford Collegiate Institute reunion was in 2005. The school has been closed for 50 years so there wasn't any one left to do the organizing work for a 2010 reunion.

Suspects in a Gold Eagle Casino cheating case were in North Battleford provincial court Monday for their first appearance. But it was only a brief appearance for those charged and their counsel as lawyers agreed to adjourn the matter to June 20.

Each time I am forced to look at a time-line for anything, I find that precious entity we judge by a clock, the changing of the seasons or by the continual cycle of day and night, has slipped away or is slipping away often without my realizing how fa

The City of North Battleford is once again urging drivers to be cautious when approaching and driving past work zones in North Battleford.