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The Battleford Housing Authority has named the 2014 Yard Pride Contest winners. BHA holds annual yard pride contests to celebrate and encourage excellence in yard care, according to Operations Manager Cheryl Cook-Taylor.

Principal Dean Broughton accepted the ASL ice bucket challenge Sept. 16 and had said that, for every $10 the students raised, he would allow one bucket to be dumped on him.

Three former Battlefords North Stars returned to the Civic Centre Saturday evening.

The North Battleford RCMP detachment responded to more than 35 calls for service between 6 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24 and 6 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 25.

Prairie North Health Region is celebrating World Breastfeeding Week, Oct. 1 - 7.

Two male youths from Red Pheasant First Nation are in custody as a result of a Battlefords RCMP investigation into a break, enter and theft at a farmyard located approximately five kilometres south of the Battlefords early Wednesday morning.

The North Battleford RCMP detachment responded to more than 20 calls for service between 6 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23 and 6 a.m. Wednesday, Spet. 24.

Motorists heading northbound on 100th Street Wednesday will be facing a detour at 19th Avenue, says Joe Gagne, the City of North Battleford's water and sewer operations foreman.

Brenden Heinrich scored the winning goal in the fourth round of the shootout to give the Battlefords North Stars a 3-2 win over the defending SJHL champion Yorkton Terriers.

The Battlefords AAA Stars scored four unanswered goals to down the Blazers 4-2 in Saskatoon Tuesday night in the Stars' final pre-season game. Saskatoon opened the scoring seven minutes into the first period on the power play.