Battlefords News Optimist

Dana Standinghorn is a young artist taking part in the Creative Partnerships program through the Chapel Gallery in North Battleford. She uses a variety of media to express her interpretation of the world around her.

Dear Editor I feel compelled to respond to the tactics used by the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO) in their efforts to secure a contract health care provider unions.

The body of 33-year-old Alexander Ronald Sanderson was found April 18, 2001 on a grid road on the Mistawsis First Nation. Initial investigators determined Sanderson had been murdered.

JULY 12-30 North Battleford Kinsmen Aquatic Centre will begin the first session of the Rumble Fish Day Camp. Call the pool at 445-1746 to register or for more information.

A Battlefords Union Hospital Retrofit project is moving into its second major phase. Beginning Friday, July 16, work starts in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Operating Room (OR) areas.

I once heard a saying, "We don't stop moving because we age, we age because we stop moving." I hope this saying sticks with you as long as it has stuck with me, because it rings true. As we age, many people become much more sedentary.

The Saskatchewan SPCA says a precedent-setting decision was handed down against a Delmas farmer accused of mistreating a herd of elk.

July 9 marked the sixth anniversary of the disappearance of 13-year-old Courtney Struble from Estevan. The RCMP Historical Case section has recently become involved in this investigation.

This quiet little town gets even quieter in the summer. We're right on the highway and the call to take a trip is deafening.

In the wake of the announcement of the awarding of the tender of the theatre component for the Credit Union CU Plex comes word of further financial support for the project.