Local News

Punnichy Elementary could see a major expansion to its gym. At a board meeting Jan. 16, Horizon School Division trustees voted in favour of costing out and designing a 100 square metre expansion to the school 222.

Reports of harassment downtown continue as the City of North Battleford works to improve economic prospects in the formerly booming area. Jacey Huebert gave a presentation to council Monday about some of her experiences downtown.

Public discussions regarding Battleford’s 2019 budget carry on, with some disagreement on capital projects.

STAR CITY — The Town of Star City is holding a byelection to fill an empty spot on council Amber Fortier resigned as a councillor in the fall.

SaskPower is warning rural residents living west of Burr of a planned power outage. The outage will take place Jan. 17 from 10:30 am to 12 pm. SaskPower said they are doing it so they can do some system maintenance

MELFORT — Melfort RCMP are asking for help to identify a man in connection with a shoplifting incident at the Melfort Liquor Store. On Jan. 16 the suspect was seen shoplifting an item from the store.

Battleford’s population is inching closer to 5,000, but town officials say city status comes with a price. Battleford Chief Administrative Officer John Enns-Wind called city status “a legal fiction.

Submitted The RCMP are looking for candidates for the Aboriginal Pre-Cadet Training Program.

North Battleford’s mayor and council had good things to say about the recent nationally-televised curling event. The Meridian Canadian Open, an event of the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling season, took place from Jan. 8 to 13 at the Civic Centre.

NORTHEAST — Thanks to a complete complement of drivers and good weather, there hasn’t been a lot of school bus cancellations over the fall At the Jan.