Local News

A preliminary investigation is under way into a fire at a group home at 1352 - 97th St. According to North Battleford Fire, it was a structure fire with major damage to the interior. The incident took place around 11:30 p.m. Saturday night.

Issues of disclosure have been delaying proceedings in fraud charges against an ex-chief of Mosquito First Nation and five others, however the next step toward possibly going to trial should take place March 2 in North Battleford Provincial Court.

Due to unseasonably warm temperatures, North Battleford Fire Department is advising residents of potentially unsafe ice on local waterbodies.

WPD ambulance responded to three separate motor vehicle collisions Saturday morning between 7:30 a.m. and 9 a.m., a morning marked by light freezing rain in the North Battleford area.

Friday afternoon, 24-year-old Gabriel Poundmaker made his first appearance in court after being arrested Thursday following a prolonged incident that resulted in the lockdown of a school and evacuation of nearby homes.

Despite initial slow ticket sales, the Jan. 17 show at the Humboldt & District Gallery by Saskatchewan musicians Alex Runions, JJ Voss, and Dean Kush drew a crowd to hear acoustic country songs from the established entertainers.

After all the talks and forewarnings up until now, it seems the City’s backyard pickup program was the first to get cut as of Jan. 13.

Forty per cent of vehicle collisions in Saskatchewan happen at intersections, which comes out to 11,000 crashes in 2013. Out of those crashes, there were 47 deaths and injuries to more than 3,500 people.

No one likes to talk about it, but you hear about it all the time. A woman got beat up. A woman got raped. A woman got assaulted.

The Saskatchewan phenomenon known as Telemiracle is almost upon us once again and Kinsmen Foundation Inc. is already undergoing preparations.