Local News

As part of an effort to reduce rural crime, the provincial RCMP is encouraging citizens to establish rural crime watches and citizens on patrol. Cpl.

The Maidstone RCMP with the assistance of the “F” Division Crime Reduction Team and surrounding RCMP detachments executed two Controlled Drug and Substances Act search warrants over the past week.

Melfort’s high school is asking for the community’s thoughts on a name change. The Melfort and Unit Comprehensive Collegiate has been called that since it opened in 1967.

Melfort RCMP are asking for the public’s help after an armed robbery at Drafties Bar. On March 25, witnesses said a lone male, dressed in all black, entered the bar and demanded money. The suspect then left on foot.

Husky Energy is scheduled to appear in Lloydminster provincial court on March 29, 2018 to face one charge under the provincial Environmental Management and Protection Act, 2010 (EMPA, 2010), as well as several other charges under federal legislation,

Three individuals facing a slew of charges following the search of a home on Winder Crescent in North Battleford March 22 have made their first court appearances.

It appears more changes could be coming to the structure of the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce board: term limits could soon be brought in.

Nominations are now open for the 2018 25th anniversary Battlefords Business Excellence Awards.

From the Tisdale Recorder files, March 23, 1988

A meeting that allowed Melfort-area residents to ask questions of the local RCMP that saw around 20 attend was dominated by questions about rural crime.