Local News

Rental rates are going up for both the Battleford Arena and the Alex Dillabough Centre. Battleford town council agreed to an approximately five per cent increase to rates across the board at Monday's meeting.

Battlefords Handi-Bus service has acquired a new bus. Purchase of the new vehicle means the organization can retire a 2003 model while still having five buses in its fleet. According to a press release, purchase of the new bus was a team effort.

It was a busy 24 hours for Battlefords RCMP as they responded to about 25 calls for service/occurrences between 6 a.m. Thursday, March 6 and 6 a.m. Friday, March 7. Thursday 8:21 a.m. - Two-vehicle collision on 20th Avenue. No injuries.

The federal government has moved ahead with action to address the grain transport backlog. At a televised news conference in Winnipeg, Man.

Battlefords RCMP responded to about 15 calls for service between 6 a.m. Wednesday, March 5 and Thursday, March 6. Wednesday 9:10 a.m.

The draw has been made to determine the monthly winner of a $50 gift card as part of the City of North Battleford's monthly Snow Angel contest.

North West Regional College has successfully hosted its first computer based GED exam on computer. The computer based GED test on computer provides adults with improved access to today's GED test, according to a NWRC press release.

Despite the recent atrocious weather of the past couple of weeks, the Frenchman Butte Heritage Center and Museum has launched into preparations for the coming tourist season.

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.