Local News

Hit and runs aren't so unusual in the Battlefords - but when the victim is the leader of the Liberal Party in Saskatchewan it is. Provincial leader Ryan Bater said his vehicle was smashed up in a hit-and-run on the evening of Sept. 15..

NDP leader Dwain Lingenfelter took aim at Premier Brad Wall and his government on a range of provincial issues last Thursday night at the Western Development Museum.

Len Taylor says he still has the enthusiasm to keep going with a two-decades-long political career that started in 1988.

A man accused of sexual assault and sexual interference with minors, among other charges, remains in custody until a scheduled show cause hearing Sept. 29.

Dates have been set for a hearing that will determine whether Michael Jon Duperron will receive dangerous offender status. A hearing on the Crown's dangerous offender application has been set for May 2 to 4, 2011 in North Battleford Provincial Court.

A 17-year-old accused of stabbing another youth in an incident at the skatepark during the evening of Sept. 3 has pleaded guilty to aggravated assault. The plea was entered in provincial court in North Battleford Thursday morning.

Even as the winter winds are headed our way, an idea is blooming in North Battleford: an idea aiming to transform the city. The North Battleford Communities in Bloom committee held their first meeting Sept. 15 at the Chapel Gallery.

An individual suspected of a wave of dumpster fire arson in North Battleford is now in police custody after being caught in the act by video surveillance cameras setting another fire Sept. 15.

Hundreds of people turned out to watch the PotashCorp's 29th Annual Fire Fighters' Rodeo on September 11 at the Lanigan Recreation Complex.

An inquiry as to whether Battlefords Tribal Council had provided confirmation of last fall's financial commitment for the Credit Union CUPlex was one of several items to dominate Monday night's city council meeting in North Battleford.