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MAIDSTONE — The Maidstone campaign to collect donations for the Canadian National Institute of the Blind is reporting a record year for fundraising in 2014. A total of $5,108 was raised for the CNIB in Maidstone district during a fall canvass.

Despite some challenging times in 2014, the local Hyundai dealership in the Battlefords has received some positive recognition for their efforts. North Battleford Hyundai was announced as a 2014 President’s Award of Merit winner.

Calls for service may be down, but there were some troubling upward trends in the January crime statistics from Battlefords RCMP detachment. The overall calls for service were down for the month from 960 in January 2014 to 760 last month.

LUSELAND — The Jam Club is not a group that gathers to make preserves but it is something equally as enticing. It’s not the official School of Rock as depicted in the Jack Black movie but it’s very close to it.

The board of directors of North West Terminal Ltd. has announced a net profit of $6,722,058 for the period Nov. 1, 2013 to Oct. 31, 2014, or 2.05 per share. NWT also posted net revenues from operations of $143.

The Canadian Quilting Trunk Show was at the Chapel Gallery Thursday afternoon. Local quilting enthusiasts gathered for a presentation by fibre artist Jaynie Himsl who has been accompanying the national show to Saskatchewan venues.

City of North Battleford's snow removal crews are now moving onto residential streets after cleaning up most of the main roads over the long weekend.

Battlefords RCMP responded to 29 calls for service between 6 a.m. Monday, Feb. 16 and 6 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17. Monday • Report of a possible attempted break and enter to a residence on 1900 block of 96th Street. Sometime near 1 a.m.

The opening Sunday of the City of North Battleford’s Wintertainment Week drew about 125 people to Rotary Plaza at the CUplex to enjoy the skating on the brand-new Smartrink, snow angel and snow castle contests in the freshly-fallen snow, music, hotdo

North Battleford Fire Department responded to a garbage fire in the rear compound of Peavy Mart Friday just before 11 p.m. Three firefighters spent about 10 minutes extinguishing a bag of garbage that was burning. No damage was reported.