Local News

The highly anticipated list of the Top 10 Puppy Names for 2019 has arrived! Trupanion, a leader in medical insurance for cats and dogs, combed its database of over 500,000 pets to find out what the most popular puppy names were for 2019.

The accompanying photos were the scene at The Lighthouse Serving the Battlefords on Wednesday night – except on this evening, the serving was being done by several recent Battlefords graduates of the Hoffman Process.

Protect Canada’s species and landscapes through the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s 25th annual green gifts program

Prairie Pride Construction owner Murray Hunter said workers figured out what they uncovered could potentially be dangerous pretty quickly, as the device had “explosive” written on its side

Concerns from local residents about the crime situation in Battleford made their way to Town Hall Monday. On Monday, council received a letter from a resident of Battle Springs Way, co-signed by seven other residents of the street.

The 2020 budget has been approved for the Town of Battleford. The budget, which included a one per cent increase in property tax for residents, was adopted unanimously at Monday’s regular meeting, the final one for council in 2019.

Living Sky School Division has voted to award two tenders for roofing contracts for two schools in the division. The tender for the roofing project at McKitrick School was awarded to JR & Co.

The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce Nominations Committee has announced the nominated candidates for its Board of Director elections.

Saskatchewan’s population grew by another 4,195 people in the third quarter of 2019, to an all-time high of 1,178,657 people. This represents the 54th consecutive quarter of population growth in Saskatchewan.

On Dec. 6 at 4:35 a.m., two individuals in either a truck or SUV gained access to sheds and garages near Southbay at Turtle Lake. The two individuals caused damages to these doors/door frames.