Local News

The third annual Northwest School Division Battle of the Bands Music Festival was held in Loon Lake June 10.

Attention will be paid to highways around Humboldt this summer, but just how much depends on a few factors. Work on Hwy. 368 between Lake Lenore and St.

The Battleford West project continues to make steady progress, with new paving and more new trees highlighting the latest improvements to the development.

During the morning hours of June 2, a number of vehicles were vandalized on Janet Drive in North Battleford.

The Jackfish Lake Watershed Association conducted a release from Jackfish Lake in respect of maintaining its licensed level of operation and as part of its annual allocation commitment to Ducks Unlimited Canada for its Jackfish Marsh project.

The case involving accusations of fraud and theft leveled at a River Heights Lodge employee has been adjourned to July 18. Audrey Gallinger, a former bookkeeper at the facility, appeared in provincial court in North Battleford Monday.

University of Regina's spring convocation, June 8, saw several Northwest students among the 1,714 earning degrees.

The Battlefords is going ahead with sign corridors to be established at surrounding highway entrances to the community.

Steve Cormons is on the hunt for buskers of all kinds in his quest to improve the community.

Here is a rundown of some business that took place at Monday's council meeting. The 2010 audited financial statements for the year ending Dec. 31, 2010 were presented by Barry Svenkeson of the accounting firm Holm Clements Kwong Svenkeson Raiche.