Local News

Late Monday, Kipling RCMP detachment requestedassistance in locating Harley James Ironside, age 75. The detachment has advised that Ironside was found at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at the North Portal border crossing in southern Saskatchewan.

The intersection of Territorial Drive just north of 8th Avenue was the scene of a head-on collision on a snow-filled Sunday afternoon in North Battleford. The incident took place around 3 p.m.

There has been at least one fatality on area roads in the Northwest in recent days in the Maidstone area.

The Canadian Legion of Riders made another major donation to the Unmarked Graves Project at the North Battleford Legion Tuesday night.

Realtors in the Battlefords and across Saskatchewan have another outlet at their disposal to be able to give back to their communities. That will be through a new Saskatchewan Realtors Charitable Fund and Granting Program.

The federal Liberal leadership race made its way to North Battleford Tuesday as Deborah Coyne took her campaign to the community. Her visit was one of a number in Saskatchewan as part of her national campaign.

Battlefords RCMP responded to about 30 reports/occurrences between 6 a.m. Monday, Dec. 2 and 6 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3. Monday 11:57 a.m. - Two-vehicle collision in Frontier Mall Parking Lot. No injuries, one vehicle needed to be towed from scene.

Lieutenant Governor Vaughn Solomon Schofield invested eight people into the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in Saskatoon Nov. 27. Among them was former Battlefords resident W. Brett Wilson, C.M., LL.D.

Three of four components are now open, but there is still more work and several emerging issues that still need addressed at the Credit Union CUPlex.

There were many hands helping out at the Habitat for Humanity build in Humboldt on November 21.