Battlefords News-Optimist

How well do you know your spouse? If they were standing in line this past month to return an item you purchased for them during the holidays, that might be a sign you may not know them as well as you think.

Sometime during the night of Jan.11, a vehicle collided with a black 2007 Pontiac G5 parked on 3rd Street East in Lashburn.

Ask people if they've ever received one and you'll know the answer by the way their face softens. Love letters arrive from the Land of Love.

Construction is complete on the Yellowhead Power Station and the new power plant is now up and running. The announcement was made by SaskPower in a news release earlier this month.

North Battleford Comprehensive High School and John Paul II co-hosted a senior girls basketball tournament on the weekend. One local team won the tournament while the other took third place in the C pool.

Folks at McDonald's in North Battleford had even more reason than usual to sport smiles on their faces on Monday. That's because the franchise officially opened their brand new restaurant on Railway Avenue.

It's been over two weeks since the New Year was rung in, accompanied by a flurry of dreams and resolutions for 2011.

Dear Editor Fifty years ago this week, on Jan. 17, 1961, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned the American people about the growing power of "the military-industrial complex.

A fire north of North Battleford destroyed combines, a tractor and a number of other vehicles and shop tools in the early hours of Monday morning. The fire took place about 13 kilometres north on Highway 4 and three kilometres to the west.

Property owners will see some small fee increases this year, as the Town of Battleford passed a bylaw concerning tax certificates, searches and other administrative services. Bylaw No.