Local News

Despite significant doom and gloom lately about the oil sector, there was some positive news reported about land sales in Saskatchewan. The provincial government is reporting $17.

RCMP Daily Report

Battlefords RCMP responded to 41 calls between 6 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 7 and 6 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 8.

The local KidSport organization in the Battlefords is the recipient of some welcome funds raised by WPD Ambulance. On Friday, the organization presented a cheque for $5,517.

The gavel has officially been passed to a new president at the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce for 2015. Brendon Boothman was sworn in at the annual President’s Banquet Wednesday at the Gold Ridge Centre.

RM OF FRENCHMAN BUTTE — Five people were injured in a single-vehicle rollover on Township Road 797 in the RM of Frenchman Butte Sunday. Turtleford RCMP say a 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix was travelling west at about 1 p.m.

RCMP Daily Report

Citizen of the Year • Junior Citizen of the Year

Two vehicles collided at the intersection of 18th Avenue and 101st Street Friday as snow fell and the wind blew. North Battleford Fire Department personnel were called to the scene of the crash at about 8:20 a.m.

A University of Regina professor with ties to the Northwest region has been honoured with a major award. Dr. Shauneen Pete received a 2015 Global Citizen Award in a presentation in Regina on Feb. 3. She is originally from Little Pine First Nation.