Local News

Gender Diversity Awareness Week is coming to Humboldt from Mar. 27-Apr. 2. The proclamation was declared at the city council meeting on Mar. 14. Mar.

LASHBURN — Maidstone RCMP is requesting assistance in the identification of a suspect involved in a theft of fuel from a gas station in Lashburn Monday around 7:55 p.m. The suspect vehicle is described as a dark coloured 2003 or 2004 Ford F150.

A man has been charged in connection to a fatal crash Oct. 23, 2014 near Grandora that left an Asquith woman dead and another woman from Lashburn seriously injured. Bradley Dale Townsend, 27, of Edgerton, Alta. was arrested March 25 in Hinton, Alta.

Booking Better Futures

The Battleford branch of the Lakeland Library is the new home for a national collection of children's books put together by members of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, won by the Town of Battleford and donated to the library.

Seventy-seven-year-old Gordon Yarde of Battleford was ordained recently as a vocational deacon in the Anglican Church. He is a member of the Battle River Parish, which is made up of St. Paul's in North Battleford and St.

Council notes

A ribbon cutting Tuesday marked the changes coming to the North Battleford Public Transit system. A new bus and an expanded route will offer an enhanced system with more stops and shorter ride times for most riders.

The Humboldt & District Chamber of Commerce hosted an election forum at the Bella Vista Inn on Mar. 22. The chamber has hosted a number of forums in the past at all three levels of government, municipal, provincial and federal.

With the voting age in Canada being 18-years-old, politicians are not worried about what students are thinking when it comes to election issues. But thanks to Student Vote, Saskatchewan students are making their voices heard for the 2016 election.