Local News

Now that January is here, the countdown has started for the 10 core riders of the 2012 Prairie Women on Snowmobiles (PWOS) mission for breast cancer awareness and research.

Two people have been charged with drug offences following a search on a residence at Little Pine First Nation. North Battleford Provincial GIS unit and Cut Knife RCMP executed a search warrant Jan. 16 at a residence on the reserve.

North Battleford council has given approval to a request by the Civil Air and Rescue Services Association for in-kind space at Cameron McIntosh Airport.

Two of the four youths accused in a string of vandalism and break and enters in Battleford received sentences of probation last week in North Battleford.

The Battlefords Indian and Métis Friendship Centre got some help in their efforts to keep their homeless shelter open this winter. The Parish of Notre Dame Catholic Women's League presented a cheque for $500 to the Friendship Centre Friday.

A new date has been chosen for the preliminary hearing for a former home care worker accused of assaulting a 20-year-old victim at a group home for those suffering severe intellectual and physical disabilities.

Last week saw emergency crews respond to a number of collisions in the city of North Battleford, including two Wednesday and one Thursday.

The City of North Battleford has a keen interest in at least two of the items up for debate at the upcoming 2012 Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association convention.

It was another big crowd in the gallery as city council met Monday. City workers from the CUPE Local 287 were once again in attendance as they continued to push for a new collective bargaining deal with the City.

It appears a resolution has been found for a snow removal business that found itself unwittingly violating the City's noise bylaws. Monday, city council granted Zane Saul of B and B Ventures Ltd.