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City budget draft now down to 5.96 per cent tax increase

The City of North Battleford administration's latest proposed budget draft has now been whittled down a little to reflect a general rate tax increase of 5.96 percent. Administration provided an update...

Nov 30, 2022

City approves Petro-Canada project, access road improvement

The City of North Battleford has approved a proposal for an expansion of the Petro-Canada gas bar and convenience store, located along the Highway 16 bypass. As part of the effort, the city also autho...

Nov 29, 2022

Meota Combines primed to build on last year's championship

Coming off an undefeated campaign last year, capped off by a league championship on home ice, the Meota Combines are closing in on their long-awaited season opener, this weekend.Opening their schedule...

Nov 29, 2022

Crusaders senior boys win provincial silver

The John Paul II Collegiate senior boys volleyball team are 4A provincial silver medalists.Hitting the ground running at the year-end tournament in Meadow Lake, the Crusaders' boys went undefeated thr...

Nov 28, 2022

Firefighters busy putting out garage fire Monday

UPDATE: The City advised at 1:40 p.m. Monday firefighters managed to put out the garage fire, with minor smoke damage to the attached home. There were no injuries as a result of the fire. The cause of...

Nov 28, 2022

Several highways closed around Battlefords

The highways surrounding Meadow Lake and Battlefords are open, except for a section of Highway 376 northbound from Highway 40 to Mayfair in the east, and west along Highway 324 from the Green Canyon a...

Nov 28, 2022

Pool facility temporarily closed following dryer fire Sunday

UPDATE: The City has now advised the Battlefords CO-OP Aquatic Centre is expected to re-open at 1 p.m. on Tuesday instead, as the clean up is taking a little longer than originally anticipated. -UPDAT...

Nov 28, 2022

AAA Stars, Sharks in action this weekend

It's a busy weekend ahead for the Battlefords U18 AAA hockey teams. The AAA Stars and AAA Sharks are both in action this weekend. The Stars will play a pair of games Saturday and Sunday at Notre Dame,...

Nov 25, 2022

RCMP looking for help to locate the owner of collectible coins and a pocket watch

Loon Lake RCMP is looking for help. They're trying to track down the owner of an antique pocket watch and a coin collection.The items were seized as a result of an investigation from March 2020. That ...

Nov 25, 2022

Beaver Blues look to stay hot against Perdue

The Battlefords Beaver Blues have hit the ground running to start the senior hockey season. Coming off a 6-1 win in their opener last weekend against Redberry, the team will now shoot to make it two s...

Nov 25, 2022