Local News

A major fire involving heavy equipment took place at the North Battleford waste management facility Wednesday morning. North Battleford Fire Fepartment responded around 8:45 a.m. to find a Caterpillar 973 crawler tractor on fire.

Battleford Town Council has joined a growing number of municipalities supporting the adoption of a national dementia strategy.

Battlefords RCMP experienced a quiet 24 hours between 6 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 20 and 6 a.m. Friday, Feb. 21 when they responded to about 20 calls for service. One alarm was also responded to. Thursday 1:19 p.m. - Fraud reported.

A pedestrian has died after being hit by a car on Friday morning on Highway 16 between Waseca and Maidstone. According to the RCMP, it appears a woman left a vehicle she was driving and was walking on the highway when she was struck and killed.

The nomination period is now open for the municipal byelection on April 16. City Hall officials have started accepting nominations for the open city council position available as of Feb.

Gordon and Jill Rawlinson have provided a gift of $100,000 to SIAST for the creation of the Rawlco Aboriginal Saskatchewan Innovation and Opportunity Award.

With Saskatchewan SPCA investigators finding several deceased horses on a property just south of Scott, charges are pending against the owners of the horses. The horses were first reported on in the Jan. 30 issue of the Regional Optimist.

Thirty seems to be a routine number of calls dealt with by Battlefords RCMP during weekday 24-hour periods. Between 6 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19 and 6 a.m. Friday, Feb. 20 the answered just under that many calls, including three alarms.

Honeywood (Dr A.J. Porter) Heritage Nursery near Parkside was a recipient of a $5,000 grant from the Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation.

A recent five-year plan laid out by Canada Post to protect postal service in a world in which digital communication is replacing traditional mail will not mean changes for the Battleford Post Office.