Local News

Canadian audiologists are calling on Health Minister Jane Philpott and her provincial and territorial counterparts to address the urgent need for improved early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) programs.

The Snow Angel program is back in business in North Battleford after a late start to winter. A lack of snow meant there was not much need for local residents to help with shovelling the snow and keeping their neighbours’ streets clear.

North Battleford city council has passed a resolution for the city’s portion of the airport runway at Cameron McIntosh Airport.

The New Democrats are now ready to go with candidates in the Battlefords and Cut Knife-Turtleford ridings.

The news was not all bad, but 2015 was still a disappointing year of increases in crime activities in North Battleford. RCMP S/Sgt.

The Lighthouse Serving the Battlefords assists people living with poverty in the community. The Lighthouse is inviting community members to take part in the Coldest Night of the Year Walk Feb.

Living Sky School Division No. 202 in North Battleford has been awarded a $10,000 ArtsSmarts grant from the Saskatchewan Arts Board “to have kindergarten students dance feelings and ideas about the environment with dance artist Ashley Johnson.

BATC CDC steps up

Loon Lake RCMP report that a 39-year-old woman reported from that community Saturday has been located.

Wander around North Battleford and you see streets, avenues and drives named after numbers, railways, former Prime Ministers and prominent local people, among others.