Local News

At 8:30 this morning the News-Optimist received this post from Casey. “Things are bad enough with the temporary Battleford Post Office but today we have more problems.

A young actor appearing in an Oscar-nominated movie will be on hand to sign autographs Friday. The movie is The Revenant, and the actor is Isaiah Tootoosis, age 8, from Poundmaker First Nation.

The NDP now have a candidate in place in the Biggar-Saskatchewan Valley constituency. Dan Richert was nominated for the NDP in the riding at a nomination meeting Saturday evening.

It seems it is never too cold for the strange pastime of dumpster torching, as North Battleford Fire Department were called out to such a blaze in the frigid early morning hours of Saturday. Four firefighters responded to the report at 10 p.m.

North Battleford Fire Department was one of the emergency service agencies to respond to a three-vehicle collision just before midnight Friday at the intersection of 100th Street and 12th Avenue.

Police are reporting a break-in to an ATM machine at the Perdue Hotel on Jan. 12. The incident happened in the early morning hours on that date.

A long-awaited touring memorial for missing and murdered indigenous women has opened at the Chapel Gallery in North Battleford. The Walking With Our Sisters art installation runs Jan. 15 to Feb. 7.

A funding option is available for those looking to improve and beautify the spaces in their communities. For the second year in a row the Co-op Community Spaces program is available to provide up to $1.

Gas versus diesel is a question the Living Sky School Division transportation department has been pondering and gas appears to have the edge.

At Wednesday evening’s meeting of the Living Sky School Division board of education, two retirements were announced. Director of Education Randy Fox, who has been in education for 36 years, plans to retire after this school year.