Local News

Dumpster fires continue to be a nuisance for North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services.

We See You container on its way to Tanzania

There was not much change to report in the RCMP Battlefords City Detachment's October 2011 crime report.

Have you ever heard the old saying, "Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember, involve me and I understand?" This is the logic behind project-based learning.

Students at Ratushniak Elementary School in Maidstone had an informative visitor last week. Bob Angevine of the Alberta Farm Safety Centre spent time with each class as part of the UFA Safety Smarts school program.

Combining music and charity, Gord Slater and friends have organized the first annual Jacket Drive and Jam Session at the Beaver Hotel Nov. 27 from 2 to 9 p.m.

To those individuals in the livestock industry, not all electric fences are created equal nor are all watering systems.

Over the weekend of Nov. 19-20, 2010 Caterpillar 297C skidsteer with tracks was stolen from a construction site east of the community of Prud'Homme, which is located northeast of Saskatoon.

The issue of what to do with a clay fill pile collecting on the site of the Credit Union CUPlex site appears to be resolved. The fill pile of 12,000 cubic yards was seen as a potential eyesore at the site of the CUPlex project.

The season continues to be busy in Maidstone. This week the Red Hat Society is hosting its Festival of Trees in the Maidstone Health Complex. There will be entertainment Saturday beginning at 1:30 p.m.