Local News

Two people were injured following a collision between a car and a semi on Highway 16 east Thursday. The collision happened around 12:45 pm. According to police the location of the collision was approximately 10 kilometres east of North Battleford.

Eric Veikle was just nine years old when he had his first major heart incident. He was running outside during gym class at Cut Knife Elementary School when he collapsed.

Donn and Nicole Pool have embarked on a new and exciting business venture on their home quarter 16 kilometres northwest of Blaine Lake. Bean's Greens Greenhouse and Market Garden will be opening its doors for the first time this spring.

It was a garbage truck hitting a power pole that caused an outage in Humboldt last week. According to Humboldt RCMP, a REACT garbage truck hit a power pole in the alley of the 600 block of Main St., behind Shopper's Drug Mart, just after 5 a.m.

The annual meeting of the Cut Knife and District Donors' Choice was held at the town office Feb. 24. The 2011 campaign grossed $17,793.

Awesome. That's how Dave Ferguson describes filming in Humboldt in February.

The Canadian Legion of Riders held their first fish fry fundraiser Feb. 4 at Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 70 in North Battleford. The weather on the plus side, which made it enjoyable for the cooks outside.

A Maidstone Pasture Poodle Roundup was hosted Feb. 25. Dustin Hollingshead and Shae Kalmakoff and many other volunteers organized the event. The weather was storming and most self-respecting coyotes were hunkered down, but the event went ahead.

Vandalism and theft at a residence on the 1200 block of 107th Street Feb. 26 in North Battleford is being investigated. A rear motion light was smashed out, the garage door kicked in and the driver's window of a Ford Ranger was broken.

Several students from the Students Against Drinking and Driving (SADD) chapter at John Paul II Collegiate were at North Battleford City Hall Wednesday.