Local News

The gavel has been passed to Sharon Mohagen as the new president of the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce. Mohagen, of Blue Rentals in North Battleford, had been serving as first vice-president under Pat Smith for the past year.

Final numbers are in for fire fighting activities in North Battleford in 2012. North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services gave its final report to the City's Municipal Services committee Monday.

The Battlefords will be a major focus of provincial New Democrat leadership candidates this week. The NDP will be hosting its latest all-candidates leadership forum at the Western Development Museum in North Battleford Thursday starting at 7 p.m.

The current chief, former chief, and six others accused in the Poundmaker First Nation treaty land entitlement case will learn their fates Feb. 1.

Long-awaited amendments to the City's controversial new traffic bylaw were put forward at City Hall Monday.

The City of North Battlefords got their first look at the proposed Greater Battlefords Marketing Alliance Jan. 14, with the Town of Battleford seeing the plans for the entity the following week at town council.

While a current and a former Poundmaker Cree Nation chiefs await their fates in a TLE theft case, so too do six others whose sentencing hearing took place Tuesday in provincial court in North Battleford.

Though overall values were down for the year, 2012 was nevertheless another busy year for building permits in North Battleford. That is based on numbers from the final building report of 2012, submitted by Building Inspector Jerry Wintonyk.

The soon-to-be-completed Northland Power plant near North Battleford has attracted interest from city officials in Swift Current.

The trial of a man accused in the Mosquito First Nation treaty land entitlement fraud case has been pushed back several months. The trial for Gerald Bird is now scheduled for June in Queen's Bench court in Saskatoon.