Local News

The Functionally Integrated classroom at John Paul II Collegiate in North Battleford recently acquired some new cooking skills, thanks to a Students in the Kitchen cooking class facilitated by Midwest Food Resources.

The City of North Battleford has announced the arrival of a new Community Safety Officer, Heather Lynn Chiasson, to the community.

The North Battleford Public Transit fleet will have a new addition in the coming couple of weeks. Councillor Greg Lightfoot confirmed to council Monday that a new transit bus is ordered and is being added to the fleet.

A meeting is being set up with impacted local school divisions regarding the new special tax on infrastructure in North Battleford. City council received correspondence dated Feb.

The snow is melting rapidly, and the damage on the roads is already evident to frustrated drivers. Yes, it is pothole season, and the City of North Battleford is a mess.

The state of the construction industry in the province will be a prime focus for a guest speaker coming to the Battlefords this week.

Council Notes

Two individuals facing a multitude of charges after fleeing from police last weekend are due to return to court later this month. One individual, a youth, made his second court appearance Tuesday morning and is to return to court March 20.

North Battleford RCMP are investigating a complaint of a theft of gasoline from a business on the Highway 16 Bypass. At approximately 9 p.m. on the March 10, a male suspect filled a truck with fuel and left the business without paying.

When you love to do something and you pour yourself into it, it can bring you places you may have never expected to go.