Local News

Battlefords RCMP are advising the public of a potential new type of phone fraud. A complaint has been received of a caller reporting to be from the fraud department of a major credit card company.

Be on the lookout for loggerhead shrikes (aka butcherbirds) perching on fence posts, barbed wire, or dead branches in shrub patches and shelter belts; especially around abandoned farmsteads.

Access Communications has announced the co-operative has earned awards in five community categories in the Tuned-in Canada campaign from the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance for 2016.

Police stopped more than 350 impaired drivers during May’s province-wide traffic safety spotlight on impaired driving.

A grain terminal project is coming to the Maymont area and the expectation is it could be open within the next two years. The project is being spearheaded by GrainsConnect Canada and is one of four “grain-receival sites” being built.

New building construction in final stages

Work is well underway on the first Art Alley project this week in downtown North Battleford. Artist Jodi Miller has started work on the outdoor mural painted on the side of the Moon’s Kitchen location on 100th Street.

It’s a job that is regarded as the most important, highest-visibility role in the province of Saskatchewan. And no, we are not talking about the premier. We are talking about the head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

It’s been determined there is no foul play in the death of a man found inside a burned vehicle last Friday.

One person was transported to hospital with respiratory problems after North Battleford Fire Department responded to a report of a possible structure fire Tuesday. The call came in at about 2 p.m.