Local News

Battlefords RCMP responded to 74 calls for service over the time period Wednesday, April 19, 6 a.m., to Thursday, April 20, 6 a.m., including but not limited to the following: 8:56 a.m.

The March 22 provincial budget continues to dominate debate in the legislature, with cuts to school divisions being a particular focus in Question Period as the Easter break approached.

The Outback Thunder is asking for the Town of Carrot River’s support to build a team dressing room. The Prairie Junior Hockey League team is estimating it will cost $40,000.

Highway #3 sees 2,555 vehicles per day, ranks high in collisions

Cutbacks from the provincial budget have not affected Carrot River’s budget. The town is planning to increase the tax dollars it collects by about 1.5 per cent.

The City of North Battleford has received a little bit of good financial news after all the bad news from the provincial budget. The good news is that the low bid for its 2017 Capital Works Project - Underground Utilities tender came in under budget.

The master plan for Fairview Heights was on the agenda at Monday's City of North Battleford Planning Committee meeting at City Hall. At that meeting councillors heard from Ryan King, with AECOM in Saskatoon, about the completed master plan study.

Housing in the Northeast: part three

The synthetic ice surface outside the CUplex is no more, at least for the time being. The removal of the synthetic ice, which happened a couple of weeks ago, was a topic of discussion at the City of North Battleford Planning Committee meeting Monday.

Battleford's curb-side garbage containers are soon expected to find themselves in the trash heap.