Local News

The City of North Battleford’s utilities department has submitted its water quality annual report for 2017 at Tuesday’s Planning Committee meeting at City Hall.

NORTHEAST — The two MLAs serving the Tisdale area have been tasked with new assignments as legislative secretaries.

HAFFORD – As part of the “ARBRE” (TREE) national tree planting project stemming from Canada’s hosting the G7 Summit in La Malbaie, Que., in June, the Redberry Lake Biosphere and its partners organized a tree-planting event May 15.

North Battleford is again receiving funding for its airport. In the form of cost-shared grants, the government is spending $275,000, which the City of North Battleford will match.

Appointments to housing authority boards serving Blaine Lake, Borden, Rabbit Lake and Lashburn have been announced. Sally Rann and Ruth Morton have been reappointed to the Blaine Lake Housing Authority board of directors.

Members of the Humboldt Collegiate Institute (HCI) Personal Finance 30 and Entrepreneurship 30 classes took to the Saskatchewan Business Teachers’ Association (STBA) Business Case Study competition in Saskatoon on May 3-4.

Battlefords RCMP are reporting they responded to a complaint Monday morning of gunfire at a residence on the 1100 block of 105th Street. Police say they were called to the scene at approximately 7:50 a.m.

A local French preschool is hosting an open house for interested parents. Le Petit Monde Préscolaire is a French, Catholic immersion preschool program, open to children aged 3-5. The preschool is located at École Monseigneur Blaise Morand.

NIPAWIN — The tax rates have been set. Those that own a home with a total assessment of less than $117,110 will save money this year, while those above that will pay more. The residential tax rate is 0.

Emergency Preparedness Week was proclaimed across the country from May 6 to 12.