Local News

Mayor Ian Hamilton is looking back on a positive 2012 and forward to an exciting 2013 ahead. In an end-of-year interview with the News-Optimist, Hamilton identified significant milestones for North Battleford over the past 12 months.

Daniel Stokalko, this year's Junior Citizen of the Year, is a difficult person to get a hold of. Daniel keeps an extremely busy schedule even by the standards of most high school students.

A collision between two semis near Radisson on Boxing Day caused the west bound lane of Highway 16 to be closed down from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. the next day.

A Buick Century parked overnight Dec. 15 on the 1100 block of 99th Street was stolen. Approximately 13 vehicles were damaged in North Battleford during the night of Dec. 9. Most had their side mirrors broken off.

It has been a busy several days for emergency personnel in the city as they battled a number of fire incidents. Dec.

They may not consider themselves to be superheroes, but the Battlefords has its own "Dynamic Duo.

A 53-year old Lloydminster man is dead following a head-on collision just north of Lloydminster. The collision happened on Highway 17, about two kilometers north of Lloydminster, and involved a northbound pickup truck and a southbound semi.

These are stories from Doug McConnell, whoworked in the Wilkie, Revenue, Kerrobert and Kindersley areas from 1960-73. December 1964 - While making a trip to Compeer, Alta.

With the next Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association convention around the corner in early 2013, city mayors across the province have been meeting and discussing the burning issues facing their municipalities.

Building permits continue to be healthy for the year in North Battleford, but permit values did take a dip in November. Eight permits for $959,000 were reported in November, compared to six for $3,899,000 in November 2011.