Local News

It is now official that Glenn Tait will be on the ballot for the New Democrats in Battlefords-Lloydminster. Tait's nomination was confirmed on the Elections Canada website and he will be on the ballot for the Oct. 19 election.

Maidstone RCMP say there has been a fatal two-vehicle collision at the junction of Highway 684 and Highway 303, approximately 20 km north of Waseca and 40 km east of Lloydminster. The collision was reported to RCMP at approximately 2 p.m. Friday.

A chance meeting with an unusual chef has resulted in a plan for a three-day food event in the Battlefords organized by a John Paul II Collegiate teacher. The chef is a raw food chef named Chris Kendall.

The relocation of a number of at-risk graves in the Battleford Cemetery is in progress.

A group gathered last week for a town hall meeting on privatization in health care were warned funding cuts were on the way – and that warning has materialized.

The opposition NDP is once again blasting the P3 model for the new Saskatchewan Hospital construction. The NDP caucus issued a news release Monday, in which they took aim at the hospital’s $407 million price tag over a span of 33 years.

The Town of Battleford started advertising for a new administrator about a year ago, knowing Sheryl Ballendine had retirement in mind. Monday, she made her decision to retire official.

The big news at Monday's Battleford town council meeting was the arrival of the new fire truck. Fire Chief Larry Gabruch and several members of the department brought it around to Town Hall for councillors and administrators to inspect.

The road is long and busy for local curlers Kirk and Dallan Muyres. Finishing off the Grand Slam of Curling in Paradise, Nfld.

Humboldt’s own Brianne Theisen-Eaton and her husband Ashton Eaton were in town to spread their message of reaching goals and taking opportunities at the Calico Gymnastics Gala on Sept. 18. “It went absolutely amazing.