Local News

The Green Party now has a candidate in place in Cut Knife-Turtleford. Tammy Fairley was acclaimed as the candidate for the riding earlier this month. Fairley, who is from Baldwinton, is employed as a nurse.

On Thursday, July 31, RCMP members from the North Battleford Municipal Detachment and the North Battleford Municipal General Investigations Section executed a search warrant at a North Battleford residence.

The three-year-old girl struck by a motor vehicle on the Mosquito First Nation on July 29 died in hospital Friday morning as a result of the injuries she received.

There has been noticeable activity downtown of late, with new businesses moving in and various façade improvements coming to a number of businesses downtown.

The official grand opening ceremonies are now complete for the new RCMP office in Cochin. The office, which serves the nearby Saulteaux and Moosomin First Nations, is a satellite office of the Battlefords Rural RCMP detachment.

The recent woes associated with the installation of new Smart Meters in Saskatchewan has become a political issue in the province.

The North Battleford RCMP received approximately 30 calls for service between 6 a.m. Wednesday, July 30 and 6 a.m. Thursday, July 31.

15th Avenue between 112th Street and Territorial Drive will be closed for most of the day for a hydrant repair.

The North Battleford RCMP were busy yesterday, receiving more than 40 calls for service between 6 a.m. Tuesday, July 29 and 6 a.m. Wednesday, July 30.

The North Battleford Fire Department responded to a fire at Frontier Mall early Wednesday morning. At approximately 5:30 a.m., the NBFD arrived at Frontier Mall to see a fire had started on the roof above Easyhome and Bootlegger.