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Taxi talk: City continues consideration of bylaw changes

Taxi talk: City continues consideration of bylaw changes

The City of North Battleford is moving ahead with the next step in its new vehicle for hire bylaw, and that is to move to first reading.
Battleford youth is winner of Kid Food Nation contest

Battleford youth is winner of Kid Food Nation contest

A young Battleford resident has returned from Toronto after winning a national recipe contest. Ivan Shevchuk is one of 26 “young chefs” across Canada who won the Kid Food Nation national recipe contest.
Bail practices in Northern Manitoba should ‘shock the conscience’ of reasonable people, judge says

Bail practices in Northern Manitoba should ‘shock the conscience’ of reasonable people, judge says

Delays in bail hearings that violated Charter rights of accused people from Split Lake and Norway House are result of systemic issues
Video - Health threat from blue-green blooms extends beyond single toxin: USask study

Video - Health threat from blue-green blooms extends beyond single toxin: USask study

Submitted As blue-green algae proliferates around the world, a University of Saskatchewan researcher cautions that current municipal drinking water monitoring that focuses on a single toxin associated with the cyanobacteria blooms is likely to miss t
Driver dies after crash near Yellowgrass

Driver dies after crash near Yellowgrass

On Nov. 18 at 8:30 a.m. officers from the Milestone RCMP detachment, Yellowgrass Fire Department and Weyburn EMS attended to a collision on Highway 39, two kilometres northwest of the community of Yellowgrass.
World Toilet Day - Toilet rights are human rights

World Toilet Day - Toilet rights are human rights

Submitted On World Toilet Day, Nov. 9, Unifor and the International Transport Workers’ Federation are launching a Transport Worker’s Sanitation Charter, because toilet rights are human rights.
Fatal vehicle collision near Wakaw

Fatal vehicle collision near Wakaw

On Nov. 18 at approximately 9:13 a.m., Wakaw RCMP responded to the report of a two-vehicle collision approximately two kilometrrs north of Wakaw on Highway 2.
Battleford budget not quite set

Battleford budget not quite set

Folks looking to find out what is in the 2020 budget for the town of Battleford will need to wait a little longer. The presentation of the budget had been one of the items listed on the agenda of Monday’s town council meeting in Battleford.
P.A. RCMP - Escaped Prisoner - Do not approach

P.A. RCMP - Escaped Prisoner - Do not approach

On Nov. 18, 23-year-old Courtney Leanne Sinclair was arrested for a break-and-enter. While in custody, Sinclair complained of abdominal pain and was taken to hospital in Prince Albert by an RCMP officer as a precaution.
Spruce Haven Park playground receives international award

Spruce Haven Park playground receives international award

MELFORT — Melfort’s Spruce Haven Accessible Playground has received an international award. The Dr. Lucija Čikeš Award recognizes a community that assists people with special needs and challenges.
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