Local News

Two young offenders have been charged in the armed robbery of a cab driver in North Battleford Aug. 8. Both will appear at North Battleford Provincial Court in September. The cab driver was robbed at about 2:30 a.m.

An 18-year-old man is dead following a two-vehicle crash on Highway 3 on the east side of Turtle Lake near Turtleford Friday morning.

North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services sent personnel out on several calls over the weekend, but the incidents were all minor. At 6 p.m. Sunday, three firefighters responded to a call at 1101 - 99th St.

In the last two and a half years, over $1 million worth of projects have been partially funded by the Canada-Saskatchewan Farm Stewardship Program and the organization is requesting that farmers interested in a project contact them.

Issues of whether to allow Northwest Community Futures to build a new building in the vicinity of Frontier Mall - and larger implications of how that might impact the downtown core - were front and centre at a special informational meeting of North B

The Jansen potash mine will be built. Earlier in August, reports came out that the mining giant BHP Billiton was delaying a final decision on whether to proceed with their proposed potash mine at Jansen.

Operation Crossroads, which took place across the province Aug. 22 and 23, was the second safety blitz to focus on the issue of intersection safety.

The passenger side window of a 2002 Pontiac Sunfire, parked on the 1200 block of 111th Street in North Battleford Aug. 27, was smashed. Aug.

Hurricane Isaac hit landfall Tuesday night, but Saskatchewan-based storm chaser Greg Johnson wasn't there to cover it.

The Geezers on Wheezers visited the Cut Knife area, July 30. This group of old guys on old bikes consisted of 38 bikers plus a few of their group who decided to ride in a van that day.