Local News

Much progress has been made in constructing the Credit Union CUPlex, according to the latest report to city council. Parks and Recreation Director Keith Anderson provided that report Monday night, based on the March 1 site meeting at the CUPlex.

The $375,000 project nearing completion in the pharmacy department of Battlefords Union Hospital is the first of its kind to be installed anywhere in Canada.

The waiting room is stocked with magazines and a children's area, the front desk is ready and the doors have opened on a new private clinic in the Maidstone Mall.

The Prince Albert Co-operative Association Limited presented its 2011 annual report the afternoon of March 9 in Marcelin with 16 members in attendance. Ian Lauder, PA Co-operative Association Ltd board director, called the meeting to order.

North Battleford city councillors are again voicing concern over the seeming snails' pace of repairs at a fire-damaged car wash on 100th Street.

Hafford Communities in Bloom plans to purchase flowers for planters and hanging baskets along Main Street with funds raised at a pancake breakfast Feb. 12.

After a decent start in January, permit values took a big dive last month in North Battleford.

The provincial government reported "significant progress" in the Boreal Watershed Initiative March 1, a program to "address potential environmental concerns and to identify sustainable management practices in the region.

Three physicians, recruited to serve North Saskatchewan River Health Holdings clinics, are at various stages of immigration and assessment processes, members of the board were advised at a regular meeting Feb. 20.

Blaine Lake Composite School SRC recently hosted a Rocks and Rings workshop at their school. The unique indoor floor curling equipment is designed to provide a true curling experience without ice.