Local News

The skilled trades have more people retiring than are entering the system, according to North West Regional College.

Icy road conditions are being blamed for a single-vehicle rollover Friday morning on Highway 4. A call came in around 9:30 a.m. to North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services.

Battleford Town Council has approved a pre-budget request for $85,000 to replace the pumps at the 28th Street sewage lift station.

The NationsWEST Field House is now officially open in North Battleford.

The legal drinking age in Saskatchewan will not be changing any time soon. The provincial government announced Monday the drinking age will remain at age 19.

Battlefords RCMP responded to about 20 calls for service/occurrences between 6 a.m. Saturday, March 1 and 6 a.m. Sunday, March 2.

The City of North Battleford will be pruning the elms at H.D. McPhail Park today. The sidewalk and one southbound lane of the 1200 block of 100th Street (from the old "Signs of the Times" building to the corner of 13th Avenue) will be blocked off.

Mosquito First Nation is going to the polls again in a band election in April, and already the vote is in some turmoil. Both incumbent chief Noel Stone Jr.

The past week proved to be a big one for Saskatchewan's STARS Air Ambulance service. STARS, the acronym for Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society, began 12-hour-a-day service out of Saskatoon last fall. It was announced Feb.

Formed approximately one year ago, the Humboldt downtown Business Improvement District (BID) committee is ready to make its presence seen and felt on the streets of Humboldt.