Local News

Sometime between May 26 and 31, a drive shaft was stolen from a 1978 Ford Bronco truck on the 200 block of 28th Street in Battleford. Over night July 9, a church on the 300 block of 30th Street Battleford was vandalized.

Inspiration Tana Silverland is cycling across Canada on a two and half year journey to raise awareness for the SOS Children's Villages organization. Silverland arrived in North Battleford Thurs.

Three people were injured in a single vehicle rollover in the Delmas area early Saturday morning. WPD Ambulance transported the patients to Battlefords Union Hospital.

Earlier this month Joyce Smith was appointed manager of the Western Development Museum at the North Battleford location, where she has 25 years of experience in administration. Smith served as acting manager for several months.

For the second year in a row, North Battleford has the highest crime rate in the country for cities with a population of at least 10,000 people, according to the Satistics Canada Crime Severity Index for 2010. "I'm disheartened.

People who love gardening but are unable to have one due to space or other obstacles will soon be able to. In spring 2012, Humboldt will have a Community Garden, open to all residents of the community.

Community minded citizen, Gerald Gratton, approached city council Monday night and voiced his concerns about what he described as unsafe conditions at the Borden Crescent Park.

A 61-year-old man is dead following a head-on collision between a car and a semi-trailer unit on Hwy. 5 east of Humboldt on July 20. A white Chrysler In-trepid was traveling west-bound on Hwy. 5 at around 2 p.m.

A search and rescue operation at Turtle Lake tuned out happily for the family of a four-year-old boy when wandered away from his home in a wooded area on the northwest side of the lake late Thursday Afternoon.

Spandex shorts glistened under the morning sun, mosquito repellent was being tucked away into carry bags, and cups of steaming hot coffee were being filled for the 40 cyclists about to start the Great Annual Saskatchewan Pedal (GASP). At 7:30 a.m.