Local News

Activities leading up to Pride Week in the Battlefords are already underway as the first rainbow crosswalk has gone up in Battleford. The multi-coloured crosswalk is across from Town Hall on 1st Avenue West.

The Saskatchewan government has announced capital investment in provincial park upgrades in 2018-19 including a water treatment plant for Battlefords Provincial Park. Construction of a new water treatment plant is scheduled for completion in 2019.

NORTHEAST — A local peewee hockey team is sharing a provincial title with a Regina team after their final tie-breaking game was to be held two days after the Broncos bus crash.

TISDALE — A new play digger was added to Ronnie’s Family Park. This marks the final piece the Tisdale Kinette Club needs to complete the park once and for all. “It gives kids a place to go and have fun.

Jeff Burton obviously did not have enough on his plate already when he was approached by a fellow Canadian comic book author to form the Canadian Comic Book Alliance.

Basketball players from across the province descended upon Lake Lenore for the Hometown Hoops Basketball Camp.

There were lots of familiar faces from the provincial government at Jackfish Lake Wednesday and Thursday.

Steps back to focus on cancer treatment

NORTHEAST — Canada is experiencing a shortage of EpiPen auto-injectors. EpiPens inject epinephrine into a person who is experiencing anaphylaxis, which closes up a person’s airways. Peanuts are a well-known allergy that causes the condition.

STAR CITY — A new event in Star City is an opportunity for families to get together and have fun.