Local News

The very first volunteer on the very first shift of the Battlefords Union Hospital volunteer greeter program completed her very last shift Friday, Aug. 1. Norma Linnel has been working the Friday shift since the greeter program was initiated in 2004.

By Robin Tarnowetzki Journal Staff Writer [email protected] Humboldt's Brianne Theisen-Eaton is adding a gold medal from this year's Commonwealth Games in Scotland on July 27 to the silver she won at the world championships last year.

Saskatchewan Lotteries reports that a $50,000 winner of their Crossword scratch-and-win ticket bought his ticket right in the Battlefords.

Charges have been laid in connection to an Aug. 3 shooting incident on the 1700 block of Trudeau Street in North Battleford.

The 1500 Block of 110th Street will be closed all day for patching.

SaskTel has announced residents of Rabbit Lake will now be able to enjoy of SaskTel High Speed Internet service.

Two streets will be having work done on them most of Aug. 6. The 1400 and 1500 blocks of 110th Street will be partially closed all day for patching. From 2301 to 2502 Killdeer Drive will be closed all day to repair a catch basin.

Two males, one adult and one youth, both of North Battleford, were taken into custody Wednesday and were to appear in North Battleford Provincial Court on Aug. 7 after a robbery complaint. At 1:20 a.m. Aug.

Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder stopped in North Battleford on the way to a major event this weekend. That event was the Wounded Warriors Weekend in Slave Lake, Alta., Aug. 2 to 4.

A protest was held at North Battleford City Hall on Saturday afternoon, as members of the Assyrian community voiced their opposition to the persecution of Assyrian Christians by the jihadist ISIS campaign in Iraq.