Local News

Onion Lake is more than 4,200 kilometres from Atlantic Canada. In the past week, Tanya Jimmy has made the trip twice: once to Halifax to attend a conference, and once to Moncton to claim a $1 million prize from the Feb. 28 Lotto Max Maxmillions draw.

The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce has announced the time for an information open house for an upcoming tour of China. The "Experience CHINA" open house is set for March 11 at 7 p.m.

A date has been scheduled for the first town budget session for Battleford. The first budget session is scheduled for March 11 at 6:30 p.m., to take place in town chambers.

March is Fraud Awareness Month in Saskatchewan, and with it come discussions about the myriad ways in which people can be scammed out of their money in the digital age.

A 19-year-old man is among a number of people arrested following a report of an alleged assault with bear spray at a business. The incident was alleged to have happened Saturday, March 1 around 5:07 a.m.

Staff at Saskatchewan Hospital were hard at work again in a third 3P LEAN planning session last week.

Two streets that were closed Tuesday due to water main repairs are now open. The 1700 block of 96th Street was closed most of Tuesday for a water main repair. Water was shut off starting at 9:00 a.m.

Battlefords RCMP handled about 15 calls for service/occurrences between 6 a.m. Sunday, March 2 and 6 a.m. Monday, March 3. Three were traffic related and RCMP fielded one nuisance/false 911 call and one alarm. Sunday 10:52 a.m.

Between 6 a.m. Monday, March 3 and 6 a.m. Tuesday, March 4, Battlefords RCMP responded to about 15 calls for service/occurrences. Monday 12:47 p.m. - Two-vehicle collision at 18th Avenue and 101st Street.

The 911 line was busy with six false/nuisance calls placed between 6 a.m. Tuesday, March 4 and 6 a.m. Wednesday, March 5. Battlefords RCMP also dealt with about 24 calls for service/occurrences, two of which were traffic related complaints.