Local News

North Battleford RCMP responded to approximately 75 calls for service between 6 a.m. Saturday, July 11 and 6 a.m. Sunday, July 12. Saturday • There was a report of a collision on the 1400 block of 94th Street just after 6 a.m.

MEETING LAKE REGIONAL PARK — The Rabbit Lake and District Agricultural Association, with the help of a lot of community friends, pulled off a great show again this year – the Carlton Trail Jamboree, July 3, 4 and 5.

HAFFORD — Emmett's Tea Room, a business which started up in Ruddell in the mid-1980s, has taken on a new life.

Officials with the province confirmed Monday that most remaining wildfire evacuees staying in North Battleford were scheduled to return home Tuesday.

Evacuees are returning home to northern Saskatchewan, and a matching gift campaign has been launched to meet their immediate food needs when they get back. Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.

After a year on the job, James Risdon has left as North Battleford’s communications manager. Personal matters are the reason for his departure, according to a City news release issued last week, as he has returned to Bathurst, N.B.

The Battlefords North West Historical Society has issued a news release stating someone broke into the land registry building over the night of July 13.

There was some good news this past week for residents evacuated from La Loche and Turner Lake due to the wildfires. Evacuation orders for the two communities have been lifted.

The 13th annual 12-40 and Beyond tour takes place in the Blaine Lake, Hafford, Marcelin and Leask areas July 25 and 26 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. both days.

Having returned from Australia only four months ago, 19-year-old Nikita Kahpeaysewat is now modelling in New Zealand. She left Canada July 10 and returns July 22. Originally from the Moosomn First Nation, Kahpeaysewat lives in North Battleford.