Local News

The Battlefords Indian and Métis Friendship Centre got some help in their efforts to keep their homeless shelter open this winter. The Parish of Notre Dame Catholic Women's League presented a cheque for $500 to the Friendship Centre Friday.

A new date has been chosen for the preliminary hearing for a former home care worker accused of assaulting a 20-year-old victim at a group home for those suffering severe intellectual and physical disabilities.

Last week saw emergency crews respond to a number of collisions in the city of North Battleford, including two Wednesday and one Thursday.

The City of North Battleford has a keen interest in at least two of the items up for debate at the upcoming 2012 Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association convention.

It was another big crowd in the gallery as city council met Monday. City workers from the CUPE Local 287 were once again in attendance as they continued to push for a new collective bargaining deal with the City.

It appears a resolution has been found for a snow removal business that found itself unwittingly violating the City's noise bylaws. Monday, city council granted Zane Saul of B and B Ventures Ltd.

The City of North Battleford task force struck to deal with the Maple Leaf Foods plant closure plans to meet again in the coming months.

Drug charges have been laid against two North Battleford residents following a search of a 103rd Street residence.

It's time to say good-bye, not with sadness, but with joy. A "Farewell Tribute to Sutherland Theatre" concert is being planned for January 22 as a way to celebrate the theatre that has been such a large part of the community for the past 40 years.

City bylaw enforcement officials are once again urging local residents to be aware of coyotes, after it has been confirmed a coyote killed by bylaw enforcement personnel had indeed suffered from canine distemper.