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Employee hit with bear spray

The Maidstone RCMP is reporting a week with 50 occurrences between June 5 and 11. Some of the most common calls received were related to break and enter, fraud and traffic violations.

A male youth has been charged in relation to Tuesday’s incident in Maidstone that resulted in Maidstone High School and Ratushniak Elementary School being placed in hold and secure mode.

The proposed North Battleford bylaw to establish election campaign disclosure and spending limits is running into some big problems.

Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation donors come in all sizes and ages and the foundation was recently honoured to receive a donation from a local 4-H club.

The City of North Battleford will be continuing work on 95th Street from Abbott Avenue to 19th Avenue for valve and storm sewer repairs until 5 p.m. today. 91st Street is closed between West Railway and 16th Avenue until 5 p.m.

John Paul II students in the Functional Integrated Program have been quietly working on a horticulture project since the middle of March. They created a growing space on some window sills in one of south facing windows of the school.

A new chair is in place for the North Battleford HUB. She is Tonya Browarny who took over as chairperson as of June 1.

They held their own and there were no broken ankles. The second annual PARTNERS Walk a Mile in her Shoes saw 46 men from all across Humboldt walking in red high heels to raise awareness about domestic violence.

The Humboldt and District Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation hosted the JDRF Telus Walk to Cure Diabetes on Jun. 12 to great success as there were 130 walkers who raised $35,250.