Local News

There was no escaped convict from the Prince Albert penitentiary in Humboldt. Nor was there a huge take-down of drug dealers. No, the plethora of police officers in the city last week was due to a blitz on traffic offences in the city of Humboldt.

"I'm not going to take credit for good luck," Brian Quinn told the Living Sky School Division School Board last week when reporting on the division's critical incident procedures.

A Grade 7 student has died after drowning in the water at Aquadeo on Monday . The incident happened shortly after 1100 am June 27, 2011. Battlefords Rural RCMP and EMS were dispatched to Aquadeo at Jackfish Lake.

Floods in southeast Saskatchewan and labour woes involving crop insurance workers overshadowed the Northwest Premier's Dinner in Meadow Lake.

A woman is lucky to be alive after she was rescued from a burning vehicle Monday morning following a rollover west of Batttleford. According to RCMP, the incident happened in the early morning hours of June 27. Shortly after 2 a.m.

The first phase of the rejuvenation of the Battleford Opera House has been completed with a new roof, insulation where none existed before and the installation of new windows. This phase has been deemed an award-winning effort.

The Lions Clubs International Foundation gave three awards to important gentlemen at the Lions Club House Monday. Ed Smith has been in the North Battleford Lions Club since 1961 and received a 50-year pin.

Humboldt New Democrats are gearing up for a fall election. And they feel their new candidate will help them win back a riding that, historically, has belonged to them.

Summer holidays mean sun, fun and, for many, time in and around the water.

Battlefords RCMP are once again dealing with residential break ins at the resort village of Cochin, 35 kilometres north of the Battlefords. Between June 12 and 20, 12 reports of break and enters to cabins in Cochin were received by Battlefords RCMP.