Battlefords News-Optimist

Former senator Herb Sparrow is speaking out for senior citizens who are victims of crime. Recently, Sparrow unsuccessfully appealed an order from the City of North Battleford to have the graffiti on his property removed.

As far as Canadian Football goes, the Labour Day weekend is often the most anticipated weekend of the regular season.

Dear Editor This is an invitation to the people of the Battlefords to join us in celebration of neighbourhood wellness. Sept. 11, from noon to 5 p.m.

While driving through the community of Maidstone visitors notice rocks, boulders and stones. They hold house numbers, decorate gardens and now the biggest one of all welcomes everyone who enters the town on the main road in from the north.

What used to be a field west of Battleford continues to slowly but surely transform itself into the Telegraph Heights subdivision of Battleford West.

Everyone knows the drill when summer draws to a fruitful close: back to school shopping and getting kids ready for the new school year. At John Paul II Collegiate, a safe and inviting school, all the new students were officially welcomed Friday.

Three vehicles were involved in a collision that happened Friday morning at the intersection of Airport Road and Territorial Drive. One person was transported by WPD Ambulance to Battlefords Union Hospital with undetermined but minor injuries.

Story:The weather this summer has made me skittish. After downpours that have flooded Maple Creek, Saskatoon, Yorkton and North Battleford, I get nervous when we get a lot of rain here in Estevan.

There has been no shortage of opinions from lawmakers and members of the public about the proposed takeover of PotashCorp by BHP Billiton of Australia.

A 25-year-old Lone Rock man appeared in a North Battleford courtroom Tuesday to face charges related to a marijuana grow operation discovered by RCMP Sept. 7 at Marsden.