Local News

The 26th annual Battlefords Business Excellence Awards felt more like the Oscars for one business this year.

Grizzly experts disturbed by photos of emaciated bears in Knight Inlet are calling for research to determine why they are so thin.

Whitecap Resources Inc. has recently approached the provincial government, saying it’s interested in additional carbon dioxide (CO2) for usage in its enhanced oil recovery efforts at the Weyburn Unit.

North Vancouver, B.C. – Writer and researcher Vivian Krause’ documentary, Over a Barrel , was released on Oct. 8 on Vimeo, after showings in Calgary and Edmonton in the days before.

By a 4-1 decision, Humboldt council voted in favour of allowing a crematorium at the Malinoski and Danyluik Funeral Home. At the Oct.

One person faces several charges after more than 300 cattle were seized from his farm last winter.

TISDALE — The Tisdale RCMP stopped an impaired driver on Tisdale’s Main Street who tested three times the legal alcohol limit. The driver was stopped at around 9 a.m. on Oct. 8, after the RCMP received a tip from the public.

PORCUPINE PLAIN — The Porcupine Opportunities Program (POP) has begun offering a fluff and fold service in Porcupine Plain at their laundromat, employing local intellectually disabled workers.

EAST CENTRAL — Workers at seven of the province’s crown corporations took strike action at the end of last week and the beginning of this week.

Supporters of the old St. Vital Church in Battleford made their pitch to save the structure at a town council meeting Monday night.