Local News

Big changes are coming to the annual Relay for Life event in the Battlefords. The relay will move from its longtime Centennial Park venue inside to Battleford Arena in the town of Battleford for the event on June 5 of this year.

A North Battleford man is facing several charges after a Saskatoon RCMP investigation into two reports of private vehicle sale fraud.

The seemingly nasty tone of the spring session of the legislature was again in evidence this past week.

It’s never too early to learn about how to wisely use money.

The North Battleford Fire Department responded to several calls Friday. At 12:45 p.m. one vehicle and four personnel responded to a downed power line at 1 Jersey Street. A tractor trailer had come in contact with two power lines.

Federal agriculture minister Gerry Ritz has announced approval of a deal which will make the Canadian Wheat Board a fully private entity. The deal is between the Canadian Wheat Board and G3 Global Grain Group.

Submitted Mayor Ian Hamilton told Grade 3 students from St. Mary Elementary School he was inspired earlier this year by an 11-year-old boy who wrote to him asking for playground equipment.

Between 6 a.m. Tuesday, 14 and 3 a.m.

Early Friday morning at 5:45 a.m., Loon Lake RCMP received a report of a teenage girl who had been stabbed at a residence on the Makwa-Sahgaican First Nation. RCMP and EMS from St.

The end is in sight, finally, for the Pigeon Hotel. City administration has recommended demolition for the Calvert building and the Dynasty building at 11th Avenue and 102nd Street.