Documentary on Battlefords crime to air this weekend

All eyes will be on the Battlefords on Saturday, when CTV comes out with a documentary on the area.

The W5 documentary airs at 7 p.m., and the commercials came out yesterday morning, depicting what the documentary would be centred on. CTV reporters described the narrative as “neighbours willing to do whatever it takes” to never be number one on the crime index again.

“A small prairie town, the crime capital of Canada,” an advertisement on the documentary said. “Where residents live in fear and criminals run rampant. W5 takes it to the street, as citizens on patrol take matters into their own hands.”

The film was briefly discussed at Monday’s concil meeting. Herb Sutton, the city’s Community Safety Coordinator is optimistic about the upcoming show. Mayor Ryan Bater suggested he and Sutton could watch the show together.