Local News

The man accused of second-degree murder in connection to a stabbing death at a hotel in North Battleford Sept. 30 appeared in court Tuesday. Nicholas Giroux appeared in North Battleford Provincial Court by video from Saskatoon Correctional Centre.

North Battleford Fire Department is no longer going to be responding to rescue emergencies outside the city of North Battleford or the RM of North Battleford. This is effective Dec. 31.

Among the approximately 80 calls for service/occurrences reported between 6 a.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Monday were seven alarms responded to by Battlefords RCMP.

Residents of Jubilee Home in Lloydminster are enjoying enhanced quality of life with improvements underway throughout their long-term care facility, according to Prairie North Health Region.

The 800 block of 112th Street will be closed for most of today (December 9th) for a water main repair.

Funding has been announced to address the needs of long-term care facilities in the province.

According to an SGI press release, with the holiday season now underway, law enforcement across the province will be paying extra attention to impaired driving during December's month-long traffic safety blitz, Operation Overdrive.

Calls to Battlefords RCMP between 6 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 5 and Friday, Dec. 6 included several complaints of dangerous and erratic driving including complaints about drivers texting while driving.

The Battlefords News-Optimist/Regional Optimist is announcing the addition of a new columnist for online readers. Wartime Wednesdays is a weekly blog researched and written by Elinor Florence of Invermere, B.C.

North Battleford RCMP are requesting the public's assistance in identifying the man in this photo. The man is being sought in connection with an alleged Nov. 25 assault at a business on Territorial Drive North.