Local News

NIPAWIN — Three municipalities are joining forces to plan for emergencies. A new emergency measures organization will include the Town of Nipawin, the RM of Nipawin and the Village of Codette.

Check your $100 bills. The Maidstone RCMP have issued a news release stating that on Jan. 9, a male paid for items at several businesses in Maidstone and North Battleford with counterfeit $100 dollar.

Submitted North West College has announced the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Saskatchewan.

NIPAWIN — A date has been set for a byelection to fill an empty spot on council. The town will begin accepting applications for nominations beginning on Jan. 30, and the byelection itself will take place on April 3.

When asked to put together a presentation about living with dementia, local resident Ida Ryhorchuk said she did so “with great difficulty.

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