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Jan. 13 marks a special anniversary for Elizabeth Berting. For the 75-year-old Humboldt resident, it has been 61 years since she traveled from Yugoslavia to Canada.

Before decisions can be made at council, committees are made up of city councillors and other members of the community.

Cold weather is back, and with it comes increased power consumption. SaskPower issued a news release this week in which they announced a new peak power use record was set in the province.

City council has passed amendments to the water and sewer bylaws at what was a routine first meeting of the year for council Monday. The two bylaws establish new flat monthly rates for water and sewerage system charges in the city.

Under the guidance of Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmed, the worldwide head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association is conducting Islam Open Houses throughout the nation to remove misconceptions regarding Islam.

Delegates to the upcoming Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association convention will have several resolutions on their plate once again.

A campaign backed by the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour is claiming 496 people in the Battlefords have signed a petition opposing privatization.

The provincial New Democrats are putting more candidates in place in the Northwest region prior to the April 4 provincial election.

Election results have been announced by the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce. Ten candidates were in the running for spots on their board of directors and seven were elected to two-year terms.

Queens Bench Court in Battleford was not the beehive of activity many expected it would be this week. The dates of Jan. 11 to 15 were set aside last summer for what was anticipated to be the second-degree murder trial of Nicholas Giroux.