Battleford’s mayor and council make it official

The town of Battleford welcomed a new mayor and council this week.

They were voted in during the election Oct. 26, but made it official at a swearing-in ceremony before their first council meeting Monday, Nov. 7.

Mayor Ames Leslie addressed the new council for the first time before calling the meeting to order.

“It’s going to be an eventful four years and thank you to you for putting your names into the hat to be part of this council,” he said. “As we will find out over the next four years, there’s going to be some fun times and there’s going to be times that are maybe not so agreeable, but I think the future is quite bright for the town of Battleford.”