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The Fred Light Museum’s September report was brought in front of Battleford town council Monday, Oct. 16. August was a successful month as admission donations and visitors nearly doubled compared to last August.

Another major contribution has been announced for the 2018 Saskatchewan Winter Games. RBC Financial Group has pledged $25,000 and will be a Platinum sponsor for the Games.

Early October is once again a time of fire prevention activities as North Battleford held its annual Fire Prevention Week Oct. 8-14.

North Battleford city councillors got an update last week on the latest about the decommissioning of the GE filtration equipment and the Battleford water line to the FE Holliday water treatment plant.

Effective Oct. 19, the Ministry of Environment, in consultation with the Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport, has issued a ban on all open fires for provincial Crown land and for provincial parks and recreation sites south of Highway 16 to the U.S.

Unity RCMP and the Luseland Police Service are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the individuals in the accompanying surveillance images. On the 24th of September, at approximately 4 a.m.

At approximately 3:40 p.m. Thursday, Turtleford RCMP members and local EMS responded to a collision between a school bus and a semi-trailer unit on Hwy 26 south of Turtleford near the community of Mervin.

The Carrot River Outback Thunder love playing in front of a loud home crowd.

The doors were open and the fire trucks were on display during the Humboldt Fire Department’s Open House on Oct. 10. The Government of Saskatchewan declared Oct. 8-14 as Fire Prevention Week with the theme, ‘Every second counts, plan 2 ways out.

There was an international flavour to the gathering at T. Scherman Acres south of Battleford last Wednesday. That was provided by a group of 18 farmers from Italy who had come as part of a tour of farms throughout western Canada.