Battlefords News Optimist

Approximately 200 people filled the Chapel Gallery Sunday afternoon to celebrate Canada Music Week and to pay tribute to one of the community's most influential and well-known musicians, Junice Headley.

Another suspect has been sentenced in connection to the 98th Street home invasion that took place in January of this year. Charles Applegarth received two years less a day for his role.

It was a deadly weekend in southeastern Saskatchewan, with nine people losing their lives in two separate crashes, and while Battlefords emergency crews scrambled to deal with seven collisions over the same time period, none resulted in fatalities.

Things appear to have turned in the right direction for the Battlefords North Stars, as they earned their ninth, 10th and 11th wins of the season in a span of four days and are giving their fans an exciting brand of hockey to watch heading into the s

As the CFL Western Division final wrapped up Sunday, I turned to my wife and asked a poignant question: Let's say you have a new domed stadium for the Roughriders.

The Prince Albert Police Service is taking an innovative approach to dealing with a burgeoning crime rate in their city. That city has a crime picture that mirrors what is happening in the Battlefords, just on a larger scale.

Several matters connected to a drug bust by RCMP on Moosomin First Nation last October were heard in provincial court Monday.

A hat trick, an old fashioned Gordie Howe hat trick and a combined eight points came from the trio of Tanner Schwab, Kyle Hall and Tim Rollins Tuesday night.

Russell Batt, president of the Canadian Legion of Riders, presents Battlefords AAA Sharks captain Amanda Grainger with a cheque for $1,500.

Dear Editor Stephen Harper, who has now appointed more unelected senators than any other Prime Minister in history, has just used these senators to defeat an environmental bill, the Climate Change Accountability Act, which was passed by a majority of