Local News

The Caleb Group, which builds retirement communities across Canada, was in North Battleford Sept. 10 to talk to residents about their plans for a building here.

It is no mystery that drop-out rates in Saskatchewan are higher than they should be. Saskatchewan's rates, at 9.2 per cent for the 2009-2012 period, are above the Canadian average.

Battlefords public school students going into Grade 8 in September of 2013 will be attending classes at the North Battleford Comprehensive High School.

Emergency personnel responded to a two-vehicle accident on the northbound North Saskatchewan bridge at the Battlefords between a tractor trailer and a car.

Elie Martel of Carlyle was surprised and grateful to learn that he had won $10,000 on the Early Bird draw in BUH Foundation's $100,000 Cash Lottery Sept. 12.

The Melville/Ituna RCMP Detachment are seeking the assistance of the public in locating an escaped prisoner. Christopher Adam Miller, 28, of Melville escaped from the Provincial court room in Melville Monday morning.

A former employee charged with administering a noxious substance to a resident at a North Battleford group home is going to trial. Ashley Marie Johnson will be tried in January in Court of Queen's Bench, Battleford.

A grass fire had North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services on the move Saturday.

Four people are dead following a multiple vehicle crash near the Petrofka Bridge on Highway 12 south of Blaine Lake at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday.

Mourners gathered Friday afternoon to bid farewell to the late Sen. Herb Sparrow. The public memorial service for Sparrow, who died Sept. 6 at age 82, was held at the Don Ross Centre.