Local News

RCMP are seeking the public's assistance in looking for a missing woman from the North Battleford area who is suffering from schizophrenia. Missing is Olivia Georgette Pahtayken (also known as McAdam), from the North Battleford area.

It's official: Herb Cox is now on the job as MLA for the Battlefords. Cox was sworn in at a ceremony in the legislative assembly Nov. 30, along with the rest of the grand total of 49 Saskatchewan Party MLAs.

In October 2007, the government of Saskatchewan announced it would invest $45 million in housing initiatives for Saskatchewan families.

A Toronto man wanted for sexual assault of a young girl has been arrested in the Battlefords. Kyle Fiddler, 21, of Toronto, turned himself in to Battlefords RCMP last Thursday, Dec.

Nearly twice as many. That's how many Operation Christmas Child boxes were collected in the Humboldt region in 2011, when compared to 2010 numbers.

Once again the Christmas season is being celebrated in the Battlefords with A Walk Through Bethlehem. The display will be set up at the Battlefords Seventh Day Adventist Church at 1611- 93rd Street in North Battleford.

It looks like the sidewalk clearing bylaw in North Battleford could be up for another review. Councillor Brad Pattinson said he would like to see a review done of the bylaw, as "there's a few issues in it I'd like to discuss.

Over the last week the Lloydminster RCMP detachment has received complaints of a suspicious man hanging around one of the local schools during recess time.

"All of us have a duty to promote treaty because we are all treaty. We would all not be here if the Crown didn't sign treaty with the First Nations.

The CIBC Employee/Retiree Ambassador program has provided an opportunity for three CIBC staff and one CIBC retiree to access $2,000 for the Blaine Lake Centennial committee for its monument project.