Local News

Battlefords RCMP responded to 50 calls for service over the time period from 6 a.m Wednesday, Feb. 22 to 6 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 23 including the following: Feb. 22 8:42 a.m.

Melfort will see two new physicians come to the city in July. Unlike most of the doctors in the Northeast, Melfort doctors are paid through a fee-for-service model as opposed to a salary.

The City of Melfort is now playing a waiting game to see what’s going to happen with Prince Albert’s bid to separate its John M. Cuelenaere Public Library from the Wapiti Regional Library.

The Parti Québécois has decided to add a little spice to our country’s sesquicentennial celebrations. “L’autre 150e”, or “The other 150” aims to remind Canada about the rest of our history, which started long before Confederation in 1867.

Involved with the Nipawin Hawks since it started, Marj Moisan was given a SaskEnergy Volunteer Champion Award at a home game just before the puck hit the ice.

Totals are slowly trickling in and with some teams left to bowl, Bowl for Kids Sake is not over yet for Development Coordinator Stacey Poss.

It was a packed four days for Humboldt mayor and councillors at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association annual conference in Saskatoon from Feb. 5-8.

Carrot River’s mayor was surprised the latest census numbers show a decline in his town’s population from 1,000 to 973.

Plan covers next four years

A tremendously successful season on the ice has translated into a scholarship for Nipawin Hawks goaltender Kristian Stead as he accepted an offer to play for NCAA Division-I hockey next season at the University of Alaska Anchorage.