Local News

Several new manufacturing jobs are coming to North Battleford after the announcement Tuesday afternoon that Grit Industries Inc. will be coming to North Battleford.

North Battleford's municipal services committee has given its approval to a recommendation that council approve a 21-unit condominium on Killdeer Drive for funding under the city's controversial new Residential Down Payment Grant Program.

North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services has released figures on how much it is expected to cost the fire department to continually respond to nuisance dumpster fires in the city.

The list of candidates running in local constituencies in the provincial election grew last week.

The elementary students and staff from Leask Community School joined with 100 students and staff at Kihiw Waciston School on Muskeg Lake Cree Nation to participate in the Annual Terry Fox National School run Sept. 28.

Museums can have dark corners and eerie artifacts all year round, and with a little imagination and a scary story they can be really creepy.

The North Battleford economy was dealt a setback Thursday with the announcement of the closure of the Maple Leaf Foods plant in North Battleford.

Parents of children attending Humboldt Public School (HPS) were given a chance to see concept plans for their new school at a meeting on October 12. About 45 parents and a handful of children came to listen to and query G.

Preliminary hearing dates have been set for Chief Duane Antoine and several others accused in the wide-ranging Poundmaker First Nation treaty land entitlement fraud case.

The Battlefords Trade Education Centre has started fundraising efforts to pay their share of a new day facility, slated for construction next year.