Battlefords News-Optimist

As 2010 draws to an end, it is time to look forward to what 2011 will bring. For the Battlefords one major event to look forward to is the 2011 SaskTel Provincial Men's Curling Championship.

A member of the Athabasca Chipewayan First Nation was in North Battleford Dec. 16 spreading her message of opposition to the development in the tar sands. Susana Deranger was the speaker at North Battleford Public Library.

The four Battlefords atom teams hosted their annual home tournament on the weekend and had four other teams attend. Winning the A final was Dinsmore over Hafford. The Battlefords Bruins lost to Wilkie in the B final.

The City of North Battleford is encouraging residents to recycle their Christmas Trees once the holidays are over. Trees will be recycled into chips again this year, which will be used as mulch in tree and shrub beds.

Four hundred and forty-five; that's the number of Canadian women diagnosed with breast cancer every week, according to Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation estimates. In 2010, CBCF estimates 5,300 Canadian women will die from breast cancer.

The bus depot agents at North Battleford's Greyhound station were before city council Monday looking to set the record straight about their hours of operation.

Some things never change and yet every time a reader grabs a newspaper there is a new champion being crowned or another aging superstar hanging up their jock straps or sports bras.

The story of Jesus' birth is a familiar one. A number of versions can be found on line, describing the story from early prophecy through to Jesus' birth in a stable in Bethlehem and the need to the child safe from the evil plots of King Herod.

Midget AA Barons The Barons score against Watson at the Civic Centre was not recorded at press time, but they are unfortunately at the bottom of the Centre Four Hockey League with a 1-11-0 record.

With the cold weather upon us, people have no doubt been noticing the increase in their heating costs. It comes as a happy surprise, then, that SaskEnergy has announced a 12.