Local News

Summer is a social and active season! What better way to explore the fullness of summer than to head out on a beautiful country drive down winding roads, past lush forests, glimmering lakes, refreshing coulees, imposing canyons and rolling parkland f

One of the new economic development initiatives of City Manager Jim Puffalt is moving forward. Puffalt had been pushing the city to Create an economic development strategy with other partners in the region.

Army Cadet Joshua Sokulski of Turtleford is in the final week of training in the three-week Basic Expedition Course at Vernon Army Cadet Summer Training Centre where he has been learning the fundamentals of expedition training.

An intrepid group of walkers from the Langley, B.C. area wrapped up their 2014 Trans Canada Trail in Battleford in mid-July.

The grand opening and open house of the RCMP office in Cochin will be held Wednesday, July 30 from 12-4 p.m. The event is open to the public to attend the new office and meet with members of the various communities and the RCMP.

Every year, the findings of a familiar national statistical survey make the news during the last week of July.

Members of the North Battleford Provincial General Investigation Section and North Battleford Municipal RCMP conducted a traffic stop on 101st Street in North Battleford which led to the arrest of a 27-year-old man.

The North Battleford RCMP reported more than 20 calls for service between 6 a.m. Thursday, July 24 and 6 a.m. Friday, July 25.

101st Street from 11th Avenue to 13th Avenue and at 12th Avenue from 100th Street to 102nd Street will be closed for the North Battleford International Street Performer Festival.

It's news some local residents will have trouble believing, but the crime stats are down again in the city of North Battleford. That is based on the RCMP reported statistics not only for the month of June, but for the first six months of the year.