Battlefords News-Optimist

RCMP are on the lookout for a suspect in response to a robbery involving an elderly woman working in her garden in North Battleford. The incident happened on the 500 block of 100th Street Tuesday at around 4:30 p.m.

The City of North Battleford asks drivers to be cautious and watch for barricades on 100th Street and 18th Avenue. Drivers should expect possible detours and delays Friday, July 15, as a crew is repaving the intersection.

YAWORENKO: William (Bill) Nov 8, 1931 - June 13, 2011 passed away Monday June 13 at Battlefords Union Hospital at the age of 79 years.

Battlefords area residents are once again complaining that they are being targeted by scammers looking to hack into their computers.

Four suspects are under arrest following an early-morning home invasion in North Battleford Wednesday. The incident happened around 12:44 a.m. Police received a 911 call from a residence on the 1100 block of 108th Street.

North Battleford is welcoming voluntary street entertainers and buskers to perform downtown Friday, July 29.

In a four-month period, April 18 to July 7, there were four instances of theft in the Maidstone area. Sometime between 8 p.m. July 5 and 3 a.m.

A January date has been set for the preliminary hearing in the case of a woman accused of assaulting a victim at a care home in North Battleford.

Dear Editor Everybody knows the Conservatives hate the Canadian Wheat Board. It starts with Stephen Harper and goes all of the way down the line to every prairie MP that was elected in May.

The buzzards are circling. The folks at Cargill are calling on the government to hold off killing the Canadian Wheat Board until next year so they're ready when it keels over.