Battlefords News-Optimist

Teachers in the Living Sky School Division kicked off a series of professional development seminars, which will see a greater emphasis placed on students' learning profiles.

SEPTMEBER 8 North Battleford Men's Touch Football League has one game on the schedule. The Home Hardware Broncos play the Gophers at Centennial game time is 6:30 p.m.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders improved to 28-16 all-time record in the Labour Day Classic with a 27-23 victory over the rival Winnipeg Blue Bombers Sunday before another sellout crowd of 30,048.

Sept. 9 marks the 12th anniversary of the first international FASD Awareness Day. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is the leading cause of development disability among Canadian children.

Another Battlefords senior soccer season is in the books and the trophies and awards were handed out in mid-August. After winning the league, The Little Pine Ladies were upset in the championship tournament by the Athletics.

The Credit Union CU Plex project has received another financial boost, this time towards the curling facility. Dr. Ralph and Barbara Hall have stepped forward with a donation of $100,000 for the project.

An innovative art exhibition ran alongside the Wild Blueberry Festival in St. Walburg Aug. 28.

While many people flocked to North Battleford for Northwest Territorial Days, another group of people were in the Battlefords for another reason Aug. 20.

The Battlefords will be hosting the 2011 Saskatchewan Law Enforcement Hockey Tournament. The tournament will take place Jan. 13 to 14, with games being played in both the Civic Centre in North Battleford and the Battleford Arena in Battleford.

Members of the Multipurpose Facility Fundraising Committee met Wednesday to update their progress in their campaign to raise money for the Credit Union CU Plex.