Local News

The year 2015 will see the 128th annual Northwest Territorial Days exhibition at the Battlefords Agricultural Society grounds in North Battleford.

The federal election has been called, but parties in Battlefords-Lloydminster were still in the process of getting their candidates in place for the Oct. 19 vote during the campaign’s first week.

A track hoe was used to cause as much as $10,000 damage to a Pioneer Grain elevator north of Lloydminster in the RM of Britannia. Maidstone RCMP says the damage was reported July 29.

The Town of Battleford has received word it is among the communities that have received funding from both the provincial and federal governments under the Small Communities Fund project.

North Battleford Dairy Queen is participating in the annual Miracle Treat Day where all proceeds of blizzard sales go to the Children's Hospital Foundation of Saskatchewan Thursday, Aug. 13.

The body of man who went missing Aug. 1 at Sandy Beach Resort Lake was recovered Wednesday, according to Maidstone RCMP. The man was reported missing at about 3:15 p.m. that day, after falling into the water from a boat.

A collector car, reported stolen Aug. 4 from the Shellbrook area, has been located on Sturgeon Lake First Nation.

The Humboldt Soup Kitchen celebrated its 5th year on July 30 with a meal and a cake. It’s come a long way from its humble beginnings. “We … started with eight people and a crockpot and a microwave.

People around the city dealt with flooding after being pounded with rain and winds on July 28. An estimated 100-150 millimetres of rain drenched the city.

When summer comes, we trade in our shovels and snowmobiles for lawnmowers. Without snow to cover up all our laziness, that’s also the time when the worst of the worst neighbourhood nuisances are aired out.