Local News

North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services dealt with three suspicious fires Sunday. The first blaze was in the 1100 block of 105th Street on the north side of the water tower. A cloth decoration woven through a chain link fence was set on fire.

A lifetime of public service is being remembered in the Battlefords with the passing of Senator Herb Sparrow. Sparrow died Thursday of complications following a stroke, at the age of 82.

A missing North Battleford woman is among those the Saskatoon Historical Case Unit of the RCMP will be attempting to find during an aerial search of the North Saskatchewan River from the Battlefords to Nipawin this week.

Editor's Note: This feature was originally published in the Battlefords News-Optimist Jan. 26, 2005.

Assailants, one wielding a knife, made off with a small amount of cash in an armed robbery in North Battleford Sept. 7. Police say the incident happened at about 9:15 p.m. behind a business on the 1700 block of 100th Street.

Don't be sucked in by a sad story and promises of great riches. That bit of sage advice is being offered up by Battlefords RCMP this week in the wake of several reports of a fraud scheme making its rounds in the community.

North Battleford Police Dog Services unit assisted Nipawin and Smeaton RCMP with a search for a 38-year-old Prince Albert Woman on the weekend. The woman was located at about 2:20 p.m. Monday after being missing in the bush since Thursday, Sept. 5.

Redberry Lake Biosphere Reserve (RLBR) recently hosted a delegation from Japan. Nobuhiko Wakamatsu, Ryo Sakurai and Akiko Sakai spent a week learning about the similarities and differences between the RLBR and the biosphere reserve in Japan.

It was a case of sink or swim at the August 28 committee meeting of the Department of Community and Leisure Services in Humboldt. A delegation made up of 10 women and two men brought a petition with 353 signatures to the meeting.

It may have been an almost record-setting in its brevity, but there was some serious news emerging from Tuesday's town council meeting. The agenda of the meeting was one of the thinnest on record, and council went through it in a few minutes.