Local News

You often hear of incidents where people break into businesses. What you don't hear often are crimes involving people who break out of them. But that was apparently the case May 17 at Venice House in North Battleford.

The burrowing owl, one of Saskatchewan's best-known species at risk, has returned to Saskatchewan after spending the winter in Mexico and Texas.

For the past 10 weeks, 30 Norman Carter students, from Grades 3 to 6, have been working hard, training for a 2.2 kilometre run called Marafun, which is held in conjunction with the Saskatchewan Marathon in Saskatoon.

As a result of another long winter, many producers are low on feed and many will be placing cattle onto early spring pasture. When pastures are grazed too early, the available forages are soon depleted.

The fish eggs are back in Cochin. The hatchery run by the Lost Horse Creek Wildlife Federation is once again in operation and with more eggs than they've had there before.

The president of the Saskatchewan Division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees was in North Battleford Monday where he told union members he has no good news regarding the construction of a new integrated mental health and corrections complex t

North Battleford RCMP responded to more than 40 calls for service between 6 a.m. Wednesday, May 28 and 6 a.m. Thursday, May 29.

The City of North Battleford awarded more contracts for wastewater treatment plant biosolids and overflow surge ponds at Monday's meeting. The first contract has been awarded to Layfield Canada Ltd.

The torrid pace of construction in North Battleford saw a cooling off in March. Three building permits were issued that month for a total of $271,000, compared to four for $652,600 the previous March.

The Living Sky School Division Board of Education has adopted a Student Harassment Protocol for use in the 2014-15 school year.