Local News

West Railway Avenue from 91st Street to Territorial Drive will be closed all day today for patching.

The North Battleford RCMP detachment was busy over the Labour Day weekend. They received more than 134 calls for service between 6 a.m. Friday, Aug. 28 and 6 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2.

The 1400 Block of 107th Street will be closed starting at 9 a.m. for most of the day for a water main repair. Water disturbance notifications have been distributed and a Precautionary Drinking Water Advisory is anticipated to be released as well.

A Battleford woman has had success spreading an environmental message on the pageant circuit. Brittney St. Amant has competed recently for Saskatchewan at the Miss Earth Canada pageant in Montreal. In the pageant held Aug. 23, St.

Celebrating food is part of every culture, says Debbie Bonsan, executive director of Midwest Food Resources, which has been helping families eat well and cost-effectively since its inception in 1997.

A North Battleford man will get jail time for two child pornography charges. Brian J. Simon entered guilty pleas to possession and accessing child pornography in North Battleford Provincial Court Thursday.

North Battleford RCMP are warning the public of a phishing scam circulating on the Internet.

Tickets for the 21st annual Battlefords Business Excellence Awards are now on sale.

An automatic external defibrillator presentation was held June 11 at the Blaine Lake Senior Citizens' Centre making the total count of AEDs within the community rise to five.

After a long and winding road, the provincial Liberals finally have a leader. He is Darrin Lamoureux, and he was acclaimed as Liberal leader following the close of nominations Aug. 8. The party announced his acclamation in a news release Aug. 21.