Battlefords News Optimist

Prairie North Health Region is receiving $1.45 million for repairs to health care facilities and equipment upgrades. The funding is part of the $133.

Dear Editor Organ donation saves lives. I know, because almost 10 years ago, an organ donation saved mine. A family had the courage, at a very difficult time, to have something positive result from a tragic situation.

Confusion reigned at city council, as councillors struggled to figure out what to do about an application for a medical clinic in the north end of the city.

Call it a hockey hotbed, call it home ice advantage, call it whatever you want, as long as you recognize the Saskatchewan men's and women's National Aboriginal Hockey Championship teams as national gold medalists.

Not everyone can finish first in a race - or even second or third. Someone has to bring up the rear, and that was the fate of Green Party candidate Norbert Kratchmer in Battlefords-Lloydminster Monday.

North Battleford council has put on ice a proposal by a local entrepreneur to operate a mobile ice cream stand on modified all-terrain vehicles.

Fire crews were on the scene at WPD Ambulance to douse a fire that broke out in an ambulance in their garage bay at 1072 - 103rd St. Four firefighters and the fire chief attended the scene for a half hour.

Ed, my neighbour next door, has decided that somebody better make a crazy glue to hold this world together. ?Everything is falling apart these days.

Wednesday marked the first day of the Battlefords Ladies Fastball League and all eight teams were scheduled to start the season.

Shellbrook RCMP are investigating a suspicious death that occurred over the weekend on the Ahtahakakoop First Nation. At around 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 1, Shellbrook RCMP received a call about a disturbance at a residenceon the First Nation.