Battlefords News-Optimist

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.

Members of Battlefords and District Co-operative Ltd. are in line for a total allocation of $1.68 million to member share accounts. That is up from $1.56 million from the previous year.

The Battlefords and District Ladies' Fastball League is in full swing and Wednesday night, three of the four teams gave up four runs while the other game was decided by four runs.

Dear Editor Rarely a week goes by, in various news media, where we don't hear about communities struggling to attract and retain doctors. It is one of the greatest and most challenging health issues Canadian communities are facing today.

The North Battleford Communities in Bloom Committee is ready to dig in to make the city as attractive as possible.

Laughs and legwork powered a journey over the streets of Maidstone last week.

The parole board of Canada has granted early release to Norma Jean Mooswa, the woman convicted in 2004 in connection to a fatal car crash in Cochin that killed six people.

A Leoville man is under arrest following a complaint of possible drug trafficking. Norbert Dumais, 56, was arrested and charged following an investigation into a complaint to Spiritwood RCMP made May 12.