The City of North Battleford is considering making a bid for the 2018 Saskatchewan Winter Games.
That news was relayed to council Monday at their regular council meeting by Bill Samborski, director of leisure services.
But the talk is only preliminary at the moment.
Samborski acknowledged a bid would be a huge undertaking. He indicated that in order to engage community support, some “key individuals” from the community will be needed.
At this point, “we have not committed to it, we’re not even 100 per cent sure if we’re going to put in a bid, but it starts with a meeting.”
A meeting is planned with the games co-ordinator in about three weeks, and he has asked for some key community people “who may be willing to get further involved should we decide to put a bid in.”
He urged anyone interested in taking on that role to contact the City and let them know.
This is not the first time in recent years that North Battleford has considered going after a provincial games of some sort.
The City had previously considered making a bid for the 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games. But that effort ended without a formal bid being submitted.
