Battlefords News-Optimist

Everyone has their opinion on diets. Every magazine, book or newspaper has a new theory about ways to shed those extra pounds. This time, I'll try to clear up a few of these diet myths for you.

Snow is piling up outside and as the plows keep the streets of our little town clear, I listen to the back-up beeping and try to keep busy inside the house.

North Battleford has an influx of new residents. Unfortunately, they have wings, feathers and claws and do not bother to pay any property taxes.

An alarming increase in false alarms had Fire Chief Larry Gabruch asking town council to consider a fee or fine for unwarranted responses. The Battleford Fire Department responded to 22 false alarms in 2010, compared to nine in 2009 and four in 2008.

It appears Battleford will be home to a meat processing plant in the near future, as town council approved Munawar Sabir's application during their council meeting, Jan. 10. Sabir had appeared before the council at their last meeting, Dec.

I love Sunday mornings and the back-to-back "sports reporters" shows - one by a well informed ESPN crew, and the other led by Canada's own Dave Hodge.

Welcome to the third-annual edition of my Box Office Year in Review! Of course, the last two times I did the Box Office Year in Review, it was for a movie website called FilmSchoolRejects.com.

A jail sentence has been handed down in a case of aggravated assault involving a common-law couple. Michael Lavallee was sentenced to 10 months in custody and another nine months probation in provincial court Wednesday in North Battleford.

North Battleford city council is ushering in 2011 with a number of proposed fee increases.

Ed, my neighbour next door, has been like a bear hibernating this last while. If he has been out of his den, I haven?t seen him. Ruby, his wife, told me at the post office yesterday that Ed is alright, but gone most days.