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Here is a look at some of the items to come up at council at the Monday, July 15 meeting. BYLAWS A couple of bylaws were passed unanimously at Monday night’s meeting.

MELFORT — Premier Scott Moe held a cabinet meeting at the Kerry Vickar Centre in Melfort as part of a cross-province tour. Moe said the cabinet meeting, on July 17, was a standard meeting, with many cabinet members in attendance.

Humboldt and Lanigan RCMP are investigating three break-and-enters in Humboldt and Bruno that they believe were committed by the same individuals.

North Battleford will be taking advantage of some funding opportunities made possible through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Green Fund.

Historical reasons and potential development are motivators behind the Town of Battleford approving the purchase of land from the Oblates. The Oblates are selling just under nine acres of land near Government House to Battleford for $75,000.

The Rotary district governor representing North Battleford was in the city July 15 for a Monday noon-hour meeting with Battlefords Rotary Club members. Tracey Vavrek, a member of the Rotary Club of Grande Prairie, Alta.

North Battleford Transit’s request for funding to purchase a new Handi-bus has received approvals from both the City of North Battleford and the Town of Battleford.

BATOCHE- The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, the Île-à-la-Crosse Steering Committee and the Métis Nation of Saskatchewan signed a Memorandum of Understanding Friday to begin to collaboratively chart a path forward

Battlefords MLA Herb Cox has indicated he wants to see a swift resolution to issues currently plaguing residents of Valleyview Towers in North Battleford.

MELFORT — Premier Scott Moe called his funding for education “the largest investment in education in the history of Saskatchewan” while visiting Melfort for a cabinet meeting July 17.