Local News

On behalf of the BridgeFest 2011 Committee, Battlefords United Way recently announced BATC Community Development Corporation has captured the title sponsorship for this year's event.

Cindy Gange, originally from the Battlefords, has been recognized as a health care hero in Langley, B.C.

Battlefords RCMP will be increasing enforcement efforts to concentrate on drivers who insist on using hand held devices while driving, according to a press release this week.

Bring your barbecue (even it it's only a Hibachi) and your best steak or ribs recipe for a chance to be judged a top chef. Those Were the Days is back, and with it is the first Barbecue Showdown, Aug.

Blaine Lake Economic Development Co-operative has been an active small Business Loan Association in the Blaine Lake area since its inception in 1989. Gerald Evin owns and operates GRE Enterprises Inc.

A 61-year-old man is dead following a head-on collision between a car and a semi-trailer unit on Hwy. 5 east of Humboldt on July 20. A car was traveling westbound on Hwy.

Residents of the Battlefords and surrounding rural areas have been left in the dark, experiencing power outages intermittently for the last week.

Sixteen-year-old vocalist, Sophie Pitman, is proving she has what it takes as she prepares for the performance of a lifetime next month at the Ex in Saskatoon.

A 22-year-old woman was taken to hospital after being injured by a firearm while camping near Whitkow over the weekend. According to RCMP, at approximately 3 a.m.

A ferocious windstorm made it's way through the Battlefords late Monday. North Battleford Fire Emergency Services received three calls simultaneously and had to call in additional members to respond to all of the incidents effectively.