Local News

Man and hoop melded together in a seemingly effortless manner, telling a story in front of a large crowd at the Tisdale Museum’s Canada 150 celebration.

Battlefords RCMP responded to 67 calls for service over the time period July 4, 6 a.m, to July 5, 6 a.m., including but not limited to the following: 7:08 a.m.

For Mona Bruynooghe, Operation Christmas Child is more than distributing shoeboxes full of goods. In 2009, Costa Rica endured a major earthquake.

Put your earplugs in. Music camp is coming to town. On the third week of July, Saskatchewan Music Alliance’s Summer Music Camp will be held at Saint Mary School at North Battleford, from July 18 to 21.

North Battleford Leisure Services department's Free Summer Playground Programs started July 5. The programs for children ages six to 12 runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Haying is progressing in the province as livestock producers now have 19 per cent of the hay crop cut and 10 per cent baled or put into silage, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report.

A man is dead following an early-morning incident south of Blaine Lake. At approximately 1:45 a.m. July 5, Blaine Lake RCMP detachment members responded to a report of a distraught male with a firearm in a rural area south of the community.

The Rotary Club of the Battlefords held their President’s Wind-up event June 27 night at the Muse Theatre, Western Development Museum.

The boss of barbeque sauce has moved to the Tisdale area. Mike and Jill Haynes are the two entrepreneurs behind two barbeque sauces: Snowball Effect and Snowball’s Chance in Hell. Together they are called the Boss of Sauce.

A GoFundMe campaign has been launched for owners of a local food bus business which was lost to fire over the holiday weekend. The Bonnie & Clyde’s bus was destroyed by a blaze on the night of July 1.