Local News

The City of North Battleford's plans to change over to a new biweekly garbage and recycling regime is still being met with some resistance in the community.

One of the co-accused from the April 5 shooting incidents in North Battleford will remain remanded in custody until April 29.

Faba beans have resurfaced as a potential crop for this area. Interest in having a pulse in the crop rotation, but having trouble growing peas in some areas, has sparked a renewed interest in faba beans.

The Battlefords Regional Optimist came away from the weekend's Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association convention with six more awards to hang in the foyer of the Battlefords Publishing building.

In the Thursday, April 10 daily report, Battlefords RCMP reported receiving a call about a man possibly impersonating a police officer knocking on the door of a home on 102nd Street.

It's that time of year; everywhere I look there are calves! Calving time is when the rubber hits the road in the cow business. After all, without a live - and thrifty - calf, there won't be much jingle in your jeans.

Beef producers should not be in a rush to get their cows out of the drylot and into the summer range, unless special steps have been taken to provide them with early spring pasture.

Piles for a new manufacturing plant in Battleford are going in and by June the erection of the building could begin. The $6.7 million 28,000-square-foot metal tank fabrication plant is being built by Leading Manufacturing Group Inc.

The Canadian Red Cross presented a Rescuer Award to North Battleford resident Gregg Sheppard at a ceremony during a recent meeting of Battleford Search and Rescue.

As we wait for the snow to melt and the fields to dry up, there are some things producers can do to ease the transition into seeding. One important decision that can be made at this time of year is calculating seeding rates.