Battlefords News-Optimist

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.

The province of Saskatchewan is set to celebrate hockey from border-to-border at the grassroots level, as it is Hockey Day in Saskatchewan Saturday.

Three Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League games produced three different winners last week. Friday, Saulteaux was in Radisson and it was the Wheat Kings earning the 9-5 win.

The town of Battleford took the first step towards reducing bottled water consumption when they officially declared March 10 as Bottled Water Free Day. The declaration was made during the Jan.

The Chapel Gallery is calling all artists to submit work for the February dimensional exhibition "My Gift Wrapped with Love." This gallery member exhibition will be featured in the Window Salon for the month of February.

As the CUPlex travels the path from dream to reality, there has been many a headline lauding the latest big donation.