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SHR facing charges

SHR facing charges

Fallout of 2010 carbon monoxide leak at St. Mary's Villa continues
Teaching students to create a positive digital footprint

Teaching students to create a positive digital footprint

In two lunch and learn sessions held Jan. 9 at Unity Composite High School and Jan. 10 at McLurg School in Wilkie, Dr.
Rash of vehicle vandalism

Rash of vehicle vandalism

The driver's side window of a truck parked on 106th Street in North Battleford was smashed out sometime overnight Jan. 14. Nothing was taken from inside of the vehicle.
Saskatoon Ronald McDonald House fundraising for expansion

Saskatoon Ronald McDonald House fundraising for expansion

The Rotary Club of the Battlefords had a special presentation Monday for the fundraising campaign for Saskatoon's Ronald McDonald House. Gerald W.
Habitat duplex nearly complete

Habitat duplex nearly complete

It's very close to done. The Habitat for Humanity build in Humboldt is nearly ready for the families to move in.
January blitz to highlight seatbelts and cellphones

January blitz to highlight seatbelts and cellphones

It's been a deadly winter on Saskatchewan highways and two of the main contributing factors to traffic fatalities, non-seatbelt use and distracted driving, are the focus of this month's traffic safety blitz.
Council delays budget meetings, discusses liquor laws

Council delays budget meetings, discusses liquor laws

North Battleford city council's deliberations on its operating/capital budget were supposed to take place this week, but at Monday's council meeting, it was announced that the meetings had been delayed for several weeks.
Jim Toye receives diamond jubilee medal

Jim Toye receives diamond jubilee medal

Another Battlefordian received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal recently, and he was awarded the medal at the North Battleford city council meeting Monday.
SaskTel boosts 4G network coverage

SaskTel boosts 4G network coverage

Good news for cellphone owners in Radisson and Marshall - SaskTel has enhanced the 4G wireless network coverage to both. SaskTel finished installing new carriers in both communities that will increase the capacity of the 4G network in the area.
Speaker D'Autremont helps Connaught fourth-graders pass a bill

Speaker D'Autremont helps Connaught fourth-graders pass a bill

Grade 4 were treated to a hearty dose of the drama, tedium and decorum of the political process last week, as the Speaker of the Saskatchewan Legislature, Dan D'Autremont, came by to put on an "educational outreach program.