Battlefords News-Optimist

Seeding preparations are not yet general, even though we are almost in mid-May. Fields are very wet. Leaves are beginning to come out on the trees. The crocus season is about over for another year. Mother's day has been celebrated for another time.

Re-elected Conservative MP Gerry Ritz looks forward to getting back to work in Ottawa after his party won a majority mandate in last Monday's election.

Any and every summer sport a young athlete would want to be involved in was being played Monday night in the Battlefords.

Saskatoon Opera will be returning to the Battlefords this Saturday as special guests at a benefit fundraiser for the continuing restoration of the historic Battleford Opera House.

A large grass and bush fire filled the sky with smoke to the east of North Battleford on Tuesday.

Frustrated fire officials are urging the public to be on the lookout for arsonists - again - in connection to dumpster fires in the city. Dumpster fires have become an annual occurrence in the city at this time of year.

If you are like me, you are still trying to get your jaw off the floor over the results of the May 2 election. The results were stunning. The Conservatives didn't just get back in, but do so with a majority.

A boy was taken to Battlefords Union Hospital after being hit by a motor vehicle May 4. North Battlefored Fire and Emergency Services reports the boy was unharmed in the incident. The collision happened around 5:22 p.m.

A young offender has been charged in connection to theft of a motor vehicle reported stolen in the Maidstone area.

For the past month, news from the Battlefords North Stars office has been quiet, but that changed Monday when it was announced graduating forward Mitch Galbraith had committed to a Canadian university for the next hockey season.