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North Battleford Action Now Seniors met Oct. 10 at noon for a birthday potluck lunch to celebrate September and October birthdays. Action Now supplied the chicken breasts and members supplied the rest of the meal.

St. Joseph Calasanctius Catholic Women’s League hosted the Prince Albert Region 2 Fall Diocesan Workshop on Sept. 29 at St. Joseph Church in North Battleford. In attendance were Rev. Father Peter Nnanga, Rev. Father Dong Doan and Rev.

Now that fall/winter (not sure which it is) season is upon us, the Rivers’ Edge Quilt Guild has embarked on a full agenda of classes and projects. The Oct.

Battleford Director of Finance/Deputy Chief Administrative Officer David Gillan spoke briefly about the Town's 2018 budget and how it’s coming along so far at council Monday.

The former sewage treatment plant in North Battleford is likely to be torn down. The news came at the City’s planning committee meeting Oct. 15. The old facility is located on the hill right below the Don Ross Centre near Highway 4.

I was briefly “locked up” in Saskatchewan Hospital last Thursday, but it was more comical than scary. My gimpy knee and I took in the media tour offered by the Saskatchewan Health Authority.

Media tour precedes public tours that start Monday

The annual award from the M. Junice Headley Music Education Fund with the Battlefords and District Community Foundation was recently presented to Susannah Ulrich of Scott. Susannah has been studying piano since she was six years old.

North Battleford will end 2018 far ahead of last year’s building permit values totals. That was confirmed Monday from numbers presented at the City’s planning committee meeting.