Local News

Here's a look at some of the events coming up this week. Are you a writer? Share your work at the Writers' Open Mike in Central Park (weather permitting) next to the North Battleford Library on Wednesday, May 29 at 7 p.m.

The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce continues its preparations towards hosting the Best Business Showcase event in October.

Battlefords MLA Herb Cox points to positives that came out of the recent, and at time turbulent, legislative session that wrapped up in Regina May 16.

It was in the wake of Saturday's drive-by shooting in North Battleford that S/Sgt. Phil Wilson presented his monthly crime statistics report to city council.

The latest offering of lots to come on line in the town of Battleford will range from $72,000 to as high as $183,000, plus GST. They could be for sale by August, or sooner, depending on how the installation of curbing times out.

There could be some changes on the way to a provision in the property maintenance bylaw with respect to "junked vehicles.

A Prince Albert man is facing multiple charges after a crash in a construction zone Thursday, on Highway 40, three kilometres south of Parkside.

Three vehicles were involved in a crash at the intersection of 8th Avenue and 113th Street in North Battleford Friday at just before 5 p.m.

A 24-year-old man was sent to hospital in critical condition following a shooting Saturday morning in North Battleford. According to a news release from the RCMP, the shooting happened prior to 10 a.m.

Two Northwest communities are among 15 that will receive new child care space funding from the government of Saskatchewan.