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Battleford’s mayor, Derek Mahon, issued a vote of congratulations to the firefighters from the Town’s fire department who went north recently to help fight a forest fire in the La Ronge area.

The Town of Battleford has awarded the tender for this year’s paving projects to D. Jorgenson Holdings Ltd., which operates as Northern Blacktop of Saskatoon. At last week’s meeting, the tender was awarded for $698, 727.

A major fire in the early hours of Thursday morning has destroyed the Bargain Shop on 101st Street in North Battleford. The North Battleford Fire Department was called to the fire at 4:28 a.m.

Another subdivision application by the RM of North Battleford has caught the attention of city officials in North Battleford. The proposed subdivision would be just west of Millar Road, north of Forest Hall Road north of the city.

The 2014 Crime Severity Index for Canadian cities with a population over 10,000 has been released by Statistics Canada.

In spite of a decrease in crime across the board in 2014, North Battleford remains at the top of the Crime Severity Index for cities over 10,000 population. Statistics Canada released its 2014 police-reported crime statistics numbers Wednesday.

Monday saw the introduction at North Battleford council of amendments to the City’s fire prevention and emergency services bylaw.

The monsoon conditions that swamped North Battleford at the end of the working day July 13 were discussed at council Monday. The rainstorm had caused localized flooding at various points in the city.

With Habitat for Humanity - Battlefords turning the sod this week on their duplex build in North Battleford, the City of North Battleford has agreed to a request for a grant towards the project.

While some may have been shocked by the swift defeat of long-time Conservative MP Lynne Yelich, it may have been more due to Kevin Waugh’s extensive pre-planning that gained him the Conservative nomination.