Local News

Fur prices are up, and so is interest in trapping.

They're sleek, portable and quiet. That was the description of the Humboldt Fire Department's (HFD) new Jaws of Life, given by Rob Bubnick of PotashCorp Lanigan on February 25.

Spiritwood RCMP are investigating a robbery in that community Thursday evening. Police say members were called to a business on the 100 block of Main Street at about 9:30 p.m.

City council in North Battleford pushed forward Monday night with more efforts towards improving the Cameron McIntosh Airport.

North West Terminal Ltd. has announced a 40 cent per share dividend on 2011-12 operations. The company currently has 3,277,915 outstanding Class A and B shares combined.

Several Northwest artists and schools have been awarded grants from the Saskatchewan Arts Board.

Prairie North Health Region is changing the patient registration process at Battlefords Union Hospital and Lloydminster Hospital.

For a number of years Canada has been in a time of low interest rates within the financial markets. These low rates of return not only apply to savings and borrowing, but also to investments.

There remains nothing new to report in the sexual assault case against North Battleford radio personality Harry Michael Dekker.

North Battleford city council is pushing ahead with plans to revive the downtown core as a place for business.