
The RCMP in Saskatchewan are renewing their call for help, as they try and find 42 year old Kurt Miller. He was arrested and charged with numerous drug and weapon offenses. In 2020, police went to a property in the RM of Glenside, north of Biggar as part of a drug trafficking investigation. In a […]
On the fifth anniversary of his death, the family of Colten Boushie repeated calls for a public inquiry into the incident leading to his death. Speaking in Saskatoon, Boushie’s mother Debbie Baptiste said answers are needed five years later and that her son was a victim and not a criminal. The 22-year-old Boushie died Aug. […]
There is a video on social media which the Town of Biggar hopes will go viral. It’s Saskatoon-born Hollywood actor Kim Coates urging everyone to support the Biggar main Street Revitalizataion project. He says he and his parents and brothers would often visit the Biggar area because they have family there. Biggar’s Community Development Officer, […]
A 20-year-old man from Biggar faces 19 charges after an incident at the town’s RCMP detachment. Jordy Leschinski allegedly got out of his handcuffs after being arrested on Sunday before fleeing from the station and heading towards the hospital. He is also accused of allegedly pointing a firearm at someone and using a vehicle as […]
SaskTel announced a 50 million dollar investment into bringing rural fibre high speed internet into 30 thousand businesses and households in rural Saskatchewan. Spokesperson Greg Jacobs says the COVID-19 pandemic has displayed a real need for high speed internet, especially in rural areas of the province. “Being able to upgrade our infrastructure in some of […]
Regina-based Viterra has announced construction of a multi-million dollar grain elevator at Biggar, about 350 kilometers northwest of Regina. The terminal will have a facility of 34,000 metric tons and will be equipped with a loop track for rail loading. President Kyle Jeworski says Viterra is revitalizing its presence in the Biggar area with the […]
Two men from Glenside are facing a slew of drugs and weapons charges after RCMP conducted a search warrant at a rural home 27 kilometres north of Biggar last week, that also resulted in an RCMP officer being shot and suffering non life-threatening injuries. Related: RCMP officer injured by gunshot near Biggar Officers conducted the […]
RCMP say an officer suffered non life-threatening injuries after being shot in a rural area north of Biggar. Just before midnight on Thursday, officers were about to conduct a search warrant at a residence in a rural area 27 kilometres north of Biggar, when shots were fired in their direction and the officer was hit. […]
The Argo Wildfire in late April is etched in the memories of many in the Biggar area. It took several days for volunteer firefighters from the region to control the blaze under very windy conditions. More than 22-thousand acres of bush and pasture were burned. Tonight (sat), a benefit concert headlined by Chris Henderson is […]