Local News

A “hurricane” passed through North Battleford late last week. It was Danny “Hurricane” Halmo, riding an e-bicycle across Canada in pursuit of a Guinness World Record for the longest journey on a motorized vehicle: 8,209.10 kilometres.

Prior to the game Saturday night, Battlefords North Stars head coach Brayden Klimosko spent the day spinning for a good cause.

The City of Humboldt released a video thanking the world for their support during the aftermath of the Broncos crash. “We’d like to tell everybody that we’re doing okay here,” Rob Muench, Humboldt’s mayor, said in the video.

Division also looks at surveillance technology

Jim Shevchuk, Living Sky School Division superintendent of learning, said this year "highlighted for me more than any other year, that the economic downturn in Saskatchewan and the reality of rural Saskatchewan has now hit.

Operation Impact

The City of North Battleford is entering into a new occupancy agreement with the RCMP. The RCMP has had an agreement with the City for their detachment building since 2003. It is now being renewed for another 10 years.

MAIDSTONE — Maidstone Communities in Bloom recently dedicated a pergola in Memory Lane Park to the work and commitment of Marg McLaren in the Maidstone area. Family and friends were present for the ceremony Sept. 29.

A proposed Community Safety Officer program review report will go ahead, but not until next year. City Manager Randy Patrick made a recommendation to council that a report on the progress of that program be presented in November 2019.

Council notes, Oct. 9 meeting