Battlefords News-Optimist

It's always difficult to nail down a specific topic of discussion during a time of year when the MLB is in high gear and both the NHL and NBA leagues are grinding down to the final four teams.

Any long time exerciser has probably, at one time or another, experienced a workout related injury. This doesn?t have to be the case. Follow these tips for injury free workouts. Know your body.

The Borden Dance Club held their recitals the evening of May 7 and afternoon of May 8th in the Borden Community Centre. There were 32 dances on the program and some were different at each recital.

The national news is crazy this week. Floods and fires are the top headlines, but there is also lively discussion about the closing of school libraries in the eastern provinces.

An 18-year-old male has been arrested in connection to a recent Happy Inn off sale robbery and other incidents.

It's been a winter of world class chamber music in the Battlefords thanks to a series of recitals entitled "Music For Your Soul" presented by local artists pianist Jaya Hoy and mezzo soprano Lisa Hornung.

Students from Neilburg Composite School swept the under-18 classification at the 15th annual Western Canadian Robot Games May 14 and15 at the Aerospace Museum in Calgary, taking gold, silver and bronze.

The annual Bike Roadeo, hosted by Prairie North Health Region will be back in the Battlefords May 31 to June 2.

Attracting and retaining doctors is a big issue in Saskatchewan today, but at the turn of the century, it was an even bigger dilemma, with both doctors and druggists few and far between.

Efforts by local doctors to relocate their practice to a north-end funeral home location are back on. A press release issued from the office of Dr.