Local News

North Battleford Fire Department reports they responded to a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of 16th Avenue and 100th Street. The incident took place Friday morning around 8:39 a.m.

Fans in the Battlefords will have their opportunity to hear the Oak Ridge Boys live in concert next week.

Laurie Blair, Michael Blair and Chrystoffer Wise are all facing charges of neglect and animal cruelty stemming from the hardships endured by a large herd of horses near Scott last winter.

The Downtown North Battleford organization says its first International Street Performer Festival in the downtown core has been well-received and well-attended.

Battlefords-Lloydminster MP Gerry Ritz has voiced his approval of new firearms licensing changes announced last week.

To show appreciation to Canadian farmers and their families, Bayer CropScience hosted a free family InVigor Drive-In movie night for the Blaine Lake community July 24.Poor weather meant moving the event inside, but the movie went ahead as planned.

Haying is advancing for livestock producers as 57 per cent of the hay crop has now been baled or put into silage, with an additional 22 per cent cut and ready for baling, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture's weekly Crop Report.

The Green Party now has a candidate in place in Cut Knife-Turtleford. Tammy Fairley was acclaimed as the candidate for the riding earlier this month. Fairley, who is from Baldwinton, is employed as a nurse.

On Thursday, July 31, RCMP members from the North Battleford Municipal Detachment and the North Battleford Municipal General Investigations Section executed a search warrant at a North Battleford residence.

The three-year-old girl struck by a motor vehicle on the Mosquito First Nation on July 29 died in hospital Friday morning as a result of the injuries she received.