Local News

THUNDER RAPIDS — A work trailer near the E.B. Campbell Dam on Highway #123 was broken into and $12,000 worth of items were stolen.

TISDALE — The RECplex roof will take longer and cost more than expected. The $1.3 million project began a month later than planned, in April.

A coroner’s inquest into the death of Brydon Whitstone is expected to take place in Battleford in December. Whitstone was shot by police on the evening of Oct. 21 at the 15th Avenue and 105 Street intersection in North Battleford.

It was a brief court appearance for Joshua Tucker Friday. Tucker, charged with the second-degree murder of Gordon Ernest Tucker near Cochin in June, appeared by closed-circuit TV in provincial court in North Battleford.

How best to preserve the history of the old Saskatchewan Hospital site continues to be a top priority for members of the Battlefords North West Historical Society. At an open house Aug.

Radouga Distilleries Inc. of Blaine Lake is one of five finalists for the 2018 Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership Export Award. The winner of the award will be unveiled at the STEP annual general meeting on Oct.18 in Regina.

Appointments to housing authority boards in Maidstone, Meota and Spiritwood have been announced by the Saskatchewan Housing Corporation.

The Town of Wadena is looking for a contractor to design and build a new addition to the fire hall.

MELFORT — To welcome their new fire truck, the Melfort and District Fire Department brought back an old tradition not practised in the city for more than 100 years. The wet down ceremony took place Sept. 1 outside the fire hall.

Nominations have been announced for the eight categories of the Battlefords Business Excellence Awards, happening Oct. 2 2018 at Gold Eagle Casino.