Local News

The University of Regina held spring convocation ceremonies July 6 at the Conexus Arts Centre. Among the 1,783 graduates were several from the Northwest.

They are raising money for a cure. The seventh annual Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) walk was held in Humboldt on June 10.

Water quality was one of a long list of items highlighting the June 11 council meeting at North Battleford City Hall.

North Battleford will be proceeding without criminal record checks for its Oct. 24 civic and school board election.

Kicking off the summer season, the Maidstone Oilmen's Golf Association held their annual tournament at Silver Lake Regional Park June 8.

A Humboldt resident died following a paraglider crash in British Columbia on June 7. Barry Kleiter, 43, died when his powered paraglider crashed near Enderby. Kleiter had been taking flying lessons for about a week at the time of the accident.

Valley Ford Sales of North Battleford is among a group of Ford and Lincoln dealerships to be recognized with the 2011 President's Award by Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited.

The embattled Chief of Red Pheasant First Nation was sentenced, again, in North Battleford provincial court Wednesday.

North Battleford council is still keeping an eye on the state of repairs at a north-end car wash at 2112-100th St.

The City of North Battleford has not yet given its stamp of approval to a new heritage park development in the southeast quadrant.