Local News

The Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation Monthly Lottery is sold out. The total of 1,300 tickets were sold at $110 each. Enhancements were $10 each, max of 10,000 enhancements were available.

PILGER, WATSON, PORCUPINE PLAIN — Pilger is one of three local communities benefiting from federal-provincial infrastructure money, receiving $312,000 for water treatment plant upgrades.

HUMBOLDT — Paving on the remaining three kilometers of the 10 kilometer stretch of road on Highway 5 that the Ministry of Highways has been working on is expected to resume in May, with traffic delay times approaching 30 minutes.

If you want to book a campsite, get ready, because the Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport is launching its new website for Saskatchewan provincial parks.

HUMBOLDT — A new ultrasound clinic has opened in Humboldt at the Westwood Shopping Centre.

Vaccines Reported An additional 8,491 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 192,927.

It was in case of just such a day that freelance photojournalist Averil Hall documented the site of the former Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford while it was stil intact, before it was put up for sale with no takers - the day when it might all c

A woman accused of killing a 61-year-old man earlier this month has a bail hearing next week in Saskatoon. Melissa MacQueen, 42, was arrested March 5 and charged with manslaughter in connection to the death of Randall (Randy) John Garrett, 61.

On Wednesday, Mar. 31, demolition will begin on the main building and the smoke stack of the former Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford.

Submitted Following extensive work by Public Safety Canada and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the Government of Canada has announced the RCMP can now participate in Clare’s Law in Saskatchewan and Alberta.