Local News

The Town of Battleford has been working with Living Sky School Division to improve student safety around Battleford Central School and St. Vital Catholic School.

Action Battlefords initiative

Despite a soft month of August for values, building permits are still ahead for the year in North Battleford. For the year through August, 89 permits have been issued for $16,785,600, compared to 85 for 16,691,625 the year before.

More than 7,000 illegal marijuana plants have been seized from an operation near Marcelin, according to RCMP.

Acting on an anonymous tip, family, friends, former classmates and other community members spent Friday searching Finlayson Island and area for Ashley Morin. Morin, 31, has been missing since July 10. She was last in contact with her family that day.

Amber Alert

Searching back alleys as a result of trying to find the missing girl during the Amber Alert made some town leaders aware some trees and shrubs in Battleford are overgrown.

A man from the Muskowekwan First Nation has been charged with second degree murder. The charge stems from an investigation started after Punnichy RCMP were called to a residence on the Muskowekwan First Nation for an unresponsive woman on Dec.

NORTHEAST — Out of the Northeast's 14 RMs, the RM of Connaught is the most active this election season, with all open positions seeing contested elections.

ARBORFIELD — A Main Street business in Arborfield was broken into and local RCMP are asking for the public’s help. The break and enter happened on the 200 block of Main Street between 5:30 pm Aug. 31 and 9:30 am Sept. 1.