Local News

Battleford town council has approved a municipal tax abatement for owners of the Canada Post building as the town looks to make a policy regarding downtown tax abatements. Fieldstone Holdings Ltd.

NIPAWIN — Nipawin’s new economic development officer, Perry Trusty, doesn’t have any big changes planned when he starts his job. “I want to work with council. I want to work with administration.

BRUNO — A power outage is planned for people living north of Bruno. The outage, being done for system maintenance, is planned for Saturday, March 9 between 2 pm and 4:30 pm.

ROSE VALLEY — There will be a two hour power outage for those living northwest of Rose Valley. The outage is planned on Friday, March 8 between 9 am and 11 am. It is for system maintenance.

John Cairns’ Leg Watch

DRAKE — A Drake man is $1 million richer after buying a lucky lottery ticket. James Isbister purchased his winning Lotto 6/49 ticket at the Humboldt Thrifty Market in June. He returned to the store about a month later to check his ticket.

RCMP are continuing to investigate the Feb. 16 break-in at the Battleford post office and are still looking for any tips from the public. Sgt.

Tuesday, the Water Security Agency (WSA) released a spring runoff forecast for 2019.

There are currently no confirmed cases of measles in Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan health ministry wants to keep it that way. The ministry is encouraging people in the province to make sure that their vaccination is up to date.

Poundmaker Cree Nation continues to bring accolades for their tourism efforts. The Poundmaker Storytellers Festival was recently nominated for a Rookie of the Year Award at the Saskatchewan Tourism Awards of Excellence.