Local News

It was a quiet 24 hours for Battlefords RCMP, with less than 20 calls for service/occurrences between 6 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 23 and 6 a.m. Friday, Jan. 24. Three of those calls were alarms, all proved to be false. Thursday 8:06 a.m.

Battlefords RCMP responded to 40 calls for service/occurrences, including six alarms, between 6 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 25 and 6 a.m. Monday, Jan. 27. 2014.01.25 6 a.m. - 2014.01.27 6am Saturday 9:54 a.m. - Report of theft of gas on Highway 16 Bypass.

Emergency crews responded to two vehicle incidents in the city Saturday. The first was a motor vehicle accident at around 1:30 p.m. at the intersection of Territorial Drive and Highway 16.

As a result of the City of North Battleford's budget deliberations, the traffic lights at Territorial Drive and 100th Street will be getting another turn arrow, but there's no indication when two other intersections needing upgrading might be done.

Jan Lindbergh came all the way from Billeberga, Sweden, last month, to visit his Canadian farm host family, Ray and Jeanne Cumming of Unity. Lindbergh met the Cummings when he came to Canada under a young farmer student program in 1976.

A structural and life span assessment on the Civic Centre, as well as an energy audit, has been planned for in the City of North Battleford's 2014 budget.

City administration plans to fast track the finishing touches of the Credit Union CUplex grounds.

North Battleford City Council could be holding some of its meetings in places other than City Hall this coming year.

In this year's budget, City of North Battleford Parks and Recreation Director Bill Samborski has allowed for one of the department's part time positions to be upgraded to a full time position.

As long as the wind is not blowing toward the City, the City of North Battleford will be burning the wood pile at the Waste Management Facility today (Thurs. Jan. 23) starting sometime in the morning.