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Daily Report June 14-15

Battlefords RCMP are reporting they made an arrest in connection to an armed robbery outside a business on the 900 block of 101 Street in North Battleford. RCMP had responded to the incident at around 4 am on June 14.

The last step before property taxes go out in the mail at City Hall, the mill rate and taxation bylaws, are finally before city council.

A new Holiday Inn and Suites hotel is potentially coming to the corner of 114th Street and Pioneer Avenue. Monday night, council voted to accept an offer by Gary Brar to sell the northwest portion of that parcel of land for an amount of $1 million.

Daily Report, June 13-14

The sheer amount of stories linked to Original Humboldt is awe inspiring. Those stories had the chance to be told during the Original Humboldt event on June 8.

Construction does not always run smoothly and the City of Humboldt are being reminded of that with the ongoing construction at the Water Distribution Facility.

Collegiate celebrates academic achievements Students from Humboldt Collegiate Institute were honoured during the Academic Awards on June 6.

With the flipping of dirt using a shovel, the North East SPCA are closer to building an animal shelter for the region. The organization hosted a sod-turning for the $750,000 Harry and Eve Vickar Animal Shelter in Melfort June 13.

A long-talked-about crackdown on vacant commercial buildings in the city was included among the mill rate and taxation bylaws introduced to council Monday night.