Local News

The 2019 CAA Saskatchewan Worst Roads campaign has ended with some interesting results. Eight of the Final Top Ten Worst Roads nominated and voted by Saskatchewan road users are municipal roads in Regina and Moose Jaw.

SIMPSON — Watrous RCMP are looking for a firearm stolen from an unlocked truck parked in a field 15 kilometers west of Simpson. The theft of the Cooper Arms Phoenix 223 rifle with a long range Leupold Scope happened around 10 pm on May 15.

HUMBOLDT — The Screen Program for Breast Cancer (SPBC) mobile bus is providing free mammograms to women 50 and older at the parking lot of the Canalta Hotel.

Airport upgrades funding has been announced from the Community Airport Partnership program, but, surprisingly, North Battleford did not make the list of recipients this year.

A major move is happening for the Battlefords and District Farmers’ Market. Starting May 18, the farmer’s market will be located at the Living Faith Chapel parking lot, across from Central Park and the library.

HUMBOLDT — The city has determined how it’s going to levy its taxes for 2019. A median home in Humboldt with a taxable assessment of $189,600 will be paying $1,913.02 in municipal tax, an increase of $47.05 from last year.

HUMBOLDT — A process has begun that could see the west end of Ninth Avenue near the Humboldt Smiles Dental Studio paved. The project would cost nearly $48,000, with property owners with frontage on the street on the hook for almost $37,000.

City council members have been provided an update on the status of staff reductions of North Battleford city employees, a process that is still going on.

NIPAWIN — The Town of Nipawin and the Saskatchewan Health Authority has hammered out an agreement for a duplex used to house medical professionals.

It seems like the rain shows up more often than not for the annual RCMP barbecue during National Police Week.