Battlefords News-Optimist

Battlefords RCMP have issued arrest warrants for three youth who have been unlawfully at large since 2:20 p.m. Tuesday, April 22. The three youth, aged 13, 16 and 17, are all from the North Battleford area.

Two men have been sentenced for cabin break and enters in the Cochin district in the fall of 2013. Battlefords Rural RCMP report that on Jan.

Prairie North Health Region and the Ministry of Health are investigating a case of measles in an unimmunized child under age five in the region, and are taking steps to notify members of the public who may have been exposed.

"Challenges" was a word spoken often at the annual meeting for Battlefords United Way Thursday.

Between 6 a.m. Saturday, April 26 and 6 a.m. Sunday, April 27, Battlefords RCMP responded to about 19 calls for service/occurrences. Saturday 6:48 a.m - Three intoxicated men located near the Battlefords pedestrian bridge.

A 34-year-old Battleford man is facing weapons and drug charges after being arrested by Battlefords Rural RCMP Detachment members on 2nd Avenue in Battleford Monday. According to police, a call was received at about 9:45 a.m.

Returning to Canada, my life is far from being near enough to imagine the strife one encounters when living near escapees across the Mexican border.

Battleford Lloydminster Federal Liberal Association held an annual general meeting recently and, according to a press release, is preparing to contest the riding in the expected 2015 election.

The transition to a new biweekly garbage and recycling regime in North Battleford will mean a new bylaw to cover the changes. The city plans to bring in a new waste management bylaw, which will replace the existing bylaw.

The Lloydminster Municipal RCMP request the public's assistance in locating 15-year-old Ebonie Lee Brertton. Ebonie was last seen by her family Thursday April 17.