Local News

The Battlefords will be a major focus of provincial New Democrat leadership candidates this week. The NDP will be hosting its latest all-candidates leadership forum at the Western Development Museum in North Battleford Thursday starting at 7 p.m.

The current chief, former chief, and six others accused in the Poundmaker First Nation treaty land entitlement case will learn their fates Feb. 1.

Long-awaited amendments to the City's controversial new traffic bylaw were put forward at City Hall Monday.

The City of North Battlefords got their first look at the proposed Greater Battlefords Marketing Alliance Jan. 14, with the Town of Battleford seeing the plans for the entity the following week at town council.

While a current and a former Poundmaker Cree Nation chiefs await their fates in a TLE theft case, so too do six others whose sentencing hearing took place Tuesday in provincial court in North Battleford.

Though overall values were down for the year, 2012 was nevertheless another busy year for building permits in North Battleford. That is based on numbers from the final building report of 2012, submitted by Building Inspector Jerry Wintonyk.

The soon-to-be-completed Northland Power plant near North Battleford has attracted interest from city officials in Swift Current.

The trial of a man accused in the Mosquito First Nation treaty land entitlement fraud case has been pushed back several months. The trial for Gerald Bird is now scheduled for June in Queen's Bench court in Saskatoon.

Several new faces join the ranks this week as directors with the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce. Elections were concluded in December with 11 candidates vying for nine positions on the board. Results were released Jan. 7.

A grant from the Nico Hawryliw Fund was presented to the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation for the Victor Pearsall Home Care Fund. The amount of $1,233.78 is the first annual grant from the endowed fund.