Local News

There is resolution in connection to a case involving a woman charged in the fatal collision in Cochin Nov. 1, 2014. Two people were killed in that incident in which a sedan rolled into Lehman Creek.

Emergency Preparedness Week

For the second time this spring an open-air fire ban issued by City of North Battleford, in effect since April 30, was lifted Wednesday. Fire Chief Albert Headrick said in a statement the ban is lifted due to the recent rainfall.

The Battlefords RCMP Detachment and the Battlefords Victim Services invites you to a viewing of Hookers, A Story of Hope and Survival to be screened at the Don Ross Centre Room 107 Friday.

The public can expect the old North Saskatchewan River Bridges to be closed for about two weeks in late August or early September of this year for additional concrete repair work to be done.

Battlefords and District Co-op will have a new name, soon. At a special meeting Tuesday night at Territorial Place Mall, members voted overwhelmingly in favor of changing the name to Discovery Co-op Ltd. The change will not happen immediately.

Convicted sex offender Paul Leroux’s sentence has been extended to eight years from the original three.

Battlefords RCMP responded to more than 100 calls for service between 6 a.m. Sunday, May 3 and 6 a.m. Tuesday, May 5. Sunday • Report of a vehicle windshield damaged while parked on the 1300 block of 105th Street sometime overnight.

A 27-year-old North Battleford woman has been charged with trafficking in cocaine after a search warrant was executed on a residence on Trudeau Street Sunday.

A growing number of North Battleford and area residents brought their hazardous household waste to the City of North Battleford’s operations building Saturday, according to a press release.