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John Cairns’ News Watch

Railway & Main

Each school year, Light of Christ Catholic Schools celebrates with an opening Mass. This year was no exception. The opening Mass was planned by Holy Family School staff for all staff throughout the school division.

At Canada Post in North Battleford Oct. 8, the Canada Post Community Foundation presented a donation of $6,000 to the Battlefords Boys and Girls Club.

Battleford Central School had a fundraiser recently for the Lights of Joy. They held their “hat day” fundraiser on Friday, Oct. 11, and raised $300, which will go towards sponsoring a tree in memory of their schoolmate Braxton Heck.

Words of Cheer

Battlefords RCMP received calls on four separate occasions over the course of three weeks to the 1100 and 1200 blocks of 101st Street, North Battleford, indicating four young females had been inappropriately touched, but did not sustain any physical

SaskPower plans to launch its updated Net Metering Program for customers who want to generate their own power and connect to the power grid, effective Nov. 1.

The North West Museum Association fall meeting was held at Wilkie on Saturday, Oct. 5. We met at the Catholic Church Hall and coffee and muffins were enjoyed by those who travelled long distances.

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