Local News

EAST CENTRAL — With 2021 being a census year for the country, local municipal governments are urging their residents to fill in the necessary forms that bring valuable information to their community.

There is a raft of things to do over Wintertainment week in North Battleford. The events are free, but require pre-registration.

The Battlefords Agricultural Society’s annual trade show, Agrimex, has been cancelled again.

Feb. 4, 2021, will mark eight years since the Royal Canadian Mint stopped distributing the Canadian penny. The Government of Canada had announced that the penny would be phased out of Canada’s coinage system in the budget presented on March 29, 2012.

WATSON — After Humboldt-Lanigan RCMP responded to an alarm at a non-residential building in Watson, officers discovered a cannabis grow operation that was in contravention of the Cannabis Act .

MELFORT — Northern Lights Palace user groups are asking the Melfort city council to postpone removing the ice surface. Melfort Mustang coach Trevor Blevins asked the council at the Feb.

There were 106 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered yesterday in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 35,575. As of February 2, 109 per cent of the doses received have been administered.

According to the provincial government, the UK COVID-19 variant (B.1.1.7) has been detected in two residents in the Regina zone.

At 1942 Kramer Place in North Battleford, a structure fire was reported on Jan. 30 around 12:53 p.m. Police are looking for any information or witnesses that may have noticed anything or anyone between the times of Jan. 29, 5 p.m. – Jan.30, 12:53 p.

Steven Brown, Director of Finance in the City of North Battleford, has been unanimously selected by La Ronge town council as their new chief administrative officer at the town office.