Local News

When the bell rang to end the school week May 25, signaling the weekend, many teachers and staff members gathered at the Tropical Inn in North Battleford instead of heading home for some time to relax and recharge.

Southbound traffic approaching the Town of Battleford from the North Saskatchewan River Bridge on Highway 4 will be diverted to a U-turn on Highway 16, west of town Wednesday, weather permitting.

If you can swing a hammer, they want you. And if you can't swing a hammer, well, they want you, too. The Humboldt Habitat for Humanity project is in the process of signing up volunteers to help with their build.

Battlefords Residential Services Inc. received a much-needed donation May 28, as Zonie Krawchuk and the local Elks club donated $15,000 to purchase a wheelchair accessible van.

City councillors are considering saving some of the heritage from the old Kinsmen Aquatic Centre before the wrecking ball hits later this year. The facility is slated for closure when the new aquatic centre opens later this summer.

Although it was a cold, rainy day, people still went out walking. The Saskatchewan Blue Cross MS Walk was held on May 27. The walk started at St. Augustine Church, made a loop around a portion of the city and ended back at the church.

Gens Hellquist, founder of the Avenue Community Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity in Saskatoon, came to deliver a presentation to Sakewew students May 31 on the subject of how "homophobia is killing us.

Members of the RCMP Major Crime Unit have met with the family of three Airdrie, Alta. residents found dead in a murder-suicide near St. Walburg.

Citizens of Humboldt will be hoping for a hot summer to use the newly opened spray park. The JCI Humboldt Spray Park, located in Water Ridge Park, officially opened on May 25.

After a few months of upticks in the crime rates in the community, there was good news in the latest RCMP Detachment stats for April.