Local News

Construction on the new Humboldt Public School continues to forge ahead. The school replacement project commenced on July 27, 2012, and has since achieved many milestones.

A wallet was stolen when a truck parked on the 1200 block of 99th Street North Battleford was entered during the night April 20.

Tuesday, STARS air ambulance acknowledged its one-year anniversary of providing helicopter air ambulance services in Saskatchewan.

On May 8, Canadians are being asked to give up breakfast, lunch and dinner for the day.

It may be called the University of Regina, but the institution's impact and influence goes far beyond the capital city and is felt across west-central Saskatchewan.

It was a mammoth effort to stamp out polio that Harvey Walker took part in during February. The Battleford resident was in Delhi, India and vicinity.

The Battlefords Co-op Aquatic Centre will be out of commission for at least a month starting in mid-August. In a news release from City Hall Monday, it was announced the aquatic centre will be closed Aug. 19 to Sept. 20.

The spring melt has had an immediate flooding impact on highways in and out of the Battlefords. Warm conditions on Saturday produced the bulk of the activity, with water overflowing right onto the highway from nearby ditches.

Several Northwest area communities were under state of emergency orders as they dealt with widespread flooding from the spring runoff.

Plans and preparations are heating up for the annual Summer Sizzler. An agenda has been established and final details will be ironed out during a second planning meeting held in the upcoming weeks.