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While the residential refuse rate bylaw will have to wait for another meeting in order to be signed and sealed, two other bylaws introduced at Monday's City of North Battleford council meeting did make it through in three readings.

These days just about everything is stored in the form of a computer file, whether it's photos, documents, invoicing or business contact details.

There's a Battlefords connection to a popular animated feature film currently making its rounds at the cinemas.

The first RCMP policing numbers are in for 2013 and calls for service to Battlefords City Detachment have dropped significantly compared to the previous year. Numbers for January 2013 saw 779 calls for service, compared to 1,148 in January 2012.

GRYBOWSKI: Michael Joseph Grybowski was born in Hafford, Sask. on March 31, 1920 and passed away peacefully at the Battlefords District Care Centre on Sunday, February 17, 2013 at the age of 92.

After winning the first game of the best-of-three playoff series, the Battlefords Bantam AA Barons are preparing for their most important game of the season. The Barons are up against the Prince Albert Raiders in the first round of playoffs.

WOUTERS: William (Bill) John Wouters Oct 13, 1941-Feb 3, 2013 Bill Wouters passed away Feb 3,2013 at the age of 71 in Edam, SK at Lady Minto Health Care Center where he was cared for over the past couple years.

March opens with the moon just a 10th of a degree away from the bright star, Spica. Which means that Saturn will be close by, also, since the Ringed Planet has been hovering around that area for months.

YOCHIM, Frank, 1915 - 2013. Frank passed away peacefully at River Heights Lodge in North Battleford, on February 16, 2013.

BROOKS, Gordon Rufus, October 23, 1927 - February 17, 2013. Gordon passed away unexpectedly at the Rockyview General Hospital. He was predeceased by his wife Ruth Winnie Mae Brooks in 2009.