Local News

Sympathy goes out to the Parkinson families of the Battlefords and Saskatoon on the recent passing of Ruby Parkinson of Saskatoon. Ruby (Jamison) came to the Baljennie area in 1945-46 to teach for one year at the all-country Baljennie School.

One of the special aspects of Medstead life is the chance to live in a peaceful rural community, while still having access to all the amenities of a larger location.

Unity RCMP are reporting there has been a theft of batteries and radiators in Senlac, Saskatchewan. According to police this took place sometime overnight between June 24 and 25, 2017.

It took 13 years, but Carrot River Junior Senior High School’s 19 Grade 12 students have reached the end zone and graduated. “We’re a really close class,” said Tianna Schmaltz , the valedictorian. “We’re like a big family.

Members of administration had some news to share about Herb Sutton at last Monday night’s city council meeting. City Manager Jim Puffalt reported earlier that day Sutton received the Premier’s Award for Excellence in the Public Service.

On the green concrete among the fire trucks at the North Battleford fire hall, twenty-two students graduated from the first phase of Emergency Services Responder Training. Some of the students could be working at the hall in the near future.

A cat received medical treatment on the scene after a residential structure fire in the Riverview area early Saturday morning.

With the one-year anniversary of the oil spill into the North Saskatchewan River fast approaching, officials with Husky Energy were before city council Monday to provide a cleanup update.

From the Tisdale Recorder Files, July 5, 1967

The new and improved Chamber Market the Battlefords app has been officially launched.