Battlefords News-Optimist

The North Saskatchewan River Baseball League is off to a roaring start in 2021. As of Monday the Kindersley Stallions were leading the league with a 3-0 record, ahead of the 2-1 Unity Jr.

Battlefords RCMP are reporting that an arrest was made in connection to a break and enter of a business on the 1700 block of 100th Street in North Battleford.

The Saskatchewan Rush continue to announce player signings with two more players agreeing to contracts with the club.

Heritage Saskatchewan will once again be holding the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan Heritage Awards after the Covid-19 pandemic put the 2020 Awards on hold. The Awards will be held virtually over Zoom November 2021.

The BUH Foundation has announced the purchase of a new dual chamber external pacemaker, which is now saving lives at Battlefords Union Hospital.

The Western Development Museum has announced it is welcoming back visitors for in-person programs this summer. The workshops begin June 26 and run through Aug. 29.

Meota News

The family of a Mountie who was killed on duty Saturday has informed Saskatchewan RCMP a fraudulent Go-Fund-Me page has been created in the name of Constable Patton.

As a result of the investigation into the death of an Indian Head RCMP member, a man and a woman have been arrested and charged. Forty-one-year-old Alphonse Stanley Traverse, from Winnipeg, Man.

As Father's Day is coming up, I thought it might be fun to write about gardening and men (specifically fathers).