Battlefords News-Optimist

A North Battleford man has been charged with arson and three other charges in connection to a vehicle fire that took place in early August in Battleford.

Spiritwood RCMP say they are investigating what appears to be a possible drowning of a woman in Chitek Lake. Chitek Lake is located about 60 km north of Spiritwood. Spiritwood RCMP were sent to the area at around noon Sunday, joined by EMS.

Tuesday night all four football field's saw tough football action. In a high scoring affair, the Huskies beat the Headhunters 39-26. Another high-scoring, but lopsided game had the Rhinos beating the Razorbacks 42-0.

Did you know the average Canadian has five credit cards? This includes the traditional credit cards and also cards like HBC, Best Buy, Citi Financial and so on.

Our community is identified by many as "the Battlefords" and last weekend's BridgeFest illustrated why that inclusive term is no misnomer.

It may seem early for AA peewee, bantam and midget camps since no other centres are at that stage yet, but the Battlefords Minor Hockey Association held their camps on the weekend to mark the beginning of the AA hockey season.

Gulp! The Saskatchewan Roughriders were forced to swallow their pride Saturday night after coughing up a 14-0 lead and losing 17-14 to the cellar-dwelling Edmonton Eskimos before a CFL season-high crowd of 47,829 fans.

Aug. 30, the earth moved in Saskatchewan. In the home of Tommy Douglas, the Saskatchewan Party government announced they would be farming out certain day surgeries to clinics outside of a hospital setting.

An 11-year-old boy was sent to hospital after being hit by a vehicle at BridgeFest on the weekend. The incident happened at around 3:45 p.m. at the Flats in Battleford Saturday.

The city of North Battleford has given the go-ahead to place headstones on unmarked graves in the veterans section of the City Cemetery.