Local News

Living Stone will be in town Sunday, Oct. 1 at the Territorial Alliance Church at 7 p.m. Admission is free, and free will offerings will be accepted. Living Stone is a Contemporary Christian band now based in Nevada.

Despite a down month of August, building permit values in North Battleford are still ahead of last year’s pace for the year.

The race is on to determine who the Conservative nominee will be to replace Gerry Ritz as MP in Battlefords-Lloydminster.

As she crossed the finish line of the Melfort Multi-K’s 21K race, Karen Strukoff of St. Brieux felt happy she was the fastest female runner for the seventh year in a row.

This was the scene Friday night on the lot at the corner of Heritage Way and Carlton Trail, which was the location for the fourth-annual Send Off to Summer drive-in movie event.

More prestigious recognition has come to the local business Gold Eagle Lodge. The Tourism Industry Association of Canada announced the hotel was a finalist for a Canadian Tourism Awards.

Battlefords RCMP responded to 182 calls for service between Friday, Sept. 15 at 6 a.m. and Monday, Sept. 18 at 6 a.m., including: On Sept. 16 at 3:58 p.m.

RCMP are reporting a fatal rollover occurred on a grid road five kilometers south of Paynton on Friday afternoon.

A 69-year-old man from Prince Albert driving an ATV in Porcupine Provincial Forest was found deceased after colliding with a large dirt embankment.

A 23-year-old man was found deceased in a field 10 kilometres south of Weirdale from what looks to be a hunting accident. Shortly after 8:00 p.m. Sept. 16, Nipawin RCMP responded to a complaint of an injured man.