Local News

Slowly but surely, civic officials and prospective candidates are getting ready for this fall's civic election in the Battlefords. The official nomination period has yet to begin and so far, the race is off to a typical slow start.

A man who bear-sprayed a local ambulance crew will be spending an eight-year sentence behind bars at a federal correctional facility.

WPD Ambulance paramedics reported an unusual occurrence in one of their vehicles while transporting an expectant mother to the hospital.

It is beginning to be a familiar refrain for 2012: "Building permits values down for the month in North Battleford". July numbers saw a similar story to what has gone on most of this year.

Blair Industrial held its fifth annual pig roast Aug. 11 with over 200 individuals gathered at the Highway 40 East location to enjoy an afternoon of musical entertainment, demonstrations, food, refreshments and visiting.

The axe-killer who was found not criminally responsible due to mental illness is seeking to move back to the Battlefords.

North Battleford is going to hold a special meeting next Monday to discuss two important issues regarding the southeast quadrant of the city.

North Battleford council received some good news Monday with the much-anticipated presentation of three new building plans in the city.

A Nipawin man who worked in Wilkie has plead guilty to tax evasion in North Battleford provincial court. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) announced Friday that John Wesley Scott, 56, pleaded guilty to tax evasion and was fined $21,626.

Substantial completion has been achieved for both the curling centre and now the aquatic centre at the CUPlex. That good news was relayed to city council Monday night by parks and recreation director Keith Anderson.