Local News

The Blaine Lake RCMP detachment has announced their top priority for the next year in their annual performance plan (APP).

Battleford Mayor Chris Odishaw has some good news and bad news for commuters passing by his community on Highway 4. The good news is that the twinning project, at the moment, is on budget and on schedule.

Battlefords Handi-bus has received a hefty and generous donation towards the purchase of a new bus.

Three nurses received one of Health Canada's highest honours May 11 and one of them was from Battleford. Lori Monture of Hagersville, Ont.

Hotels and restaurants were the big winners when it came to seeing an impact from Humboldt hosting the RBC Cup from May 5-13 - Canada's junior A hockey championship tournament.

On the back of his horse, he has been through Vegreville, Vermillion, Lloydminster and Kitscoty, Alta. and Maidstone and Paynton, and plans to be in Halifax by early August.

North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services arrived too late to save a garage and its contents that went up in flames Wednesday afternoon. Damage is estimated at $30,000 to $40,000 and it is reported there was no insurance on the property.

Approximately 900 students from approximately 18 schools attended a Try-A-Trade event held at the North Battleford Exhibition Grounds in April North West Career Development Partnership patterned the opportunity on a similar event hosted in Lloydminst

One more of the individuals accused in a Gold Eagle Casino card-cheating case has been sentenced.

Year-to-year building permits went down in April 2012 in North Battleford, according to the latest numbers.