Battlefords News-Optimist

The City of North Battleford is getting ready for a major role in celebration activities leading up to and including Canada Day 2011.

Local residents are increasingly complaining about receiving suspicious, even bizarre, phone calls from what appear to be potential scammers looking to hack into victims' computers.

The Borden Care Home Inc. held their annual meeting June 7 in the basement of the care home with the board and four community members present.

The seven individuals accused in the Gold Eagle Casino cheating case will see their case return to provincial court July 18.

A full day of song and celebration is in store for the Battlefords in celebration of National Aboriginal Day. The celebrations happen Tuesday in downtown North Battleford, with events beginning at 8 a.m. and continuing into the evening.

The City of North Battleford is crowing about the results of a property tax study that shows the community stacks up well when compared to tax assessments in other Saskatchewan communities.

If all goes according to plan, Atton's Lake will soon be home to the Battlefords Scuba Community's latest project, an underwater navigation course, a first for Saskatchewan and possibly for Canada.

The current exhibition in the Window Salon of the Chapel Gallery is "Honouring Individual Creation" by local artist, Daphie Pooyak. Pooyak is a graduate of the Yvonne Yuen School of Design and has been involved in creative arts for most of her life.

Three Northwest students are among 40 high school graduates who were awarded $1,000 each from the Saskatchewan Youth Apprenticeship (SYA) Industry Scholarship Program to provide assistance as they embark on careers in the skilled trades.

Heading into the final scheduled week of the regular season of the Battlefords and District Ladies' Fastball League and the Unity Midgets continued to lead the way.