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Lauirie Lennie knew he had all 14 games right on his POOLS lottery ticket. The American Professional Football games were over, but still he had to find out how much his ticket had won. "The money is fine, but just winning is the best part," he said.

Between 6 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 29 and 6 a.m. Monday, Dec. 30, Battlefords RCMP responded to just under 20 calls for service. Among those calls were two false alarms and one nuiscance/false 911 call. Sunday 9:12 a.m.

Battlefords RCMP are investigating an attempted robbery in the area of 17th Avenue and 102nd Street, which occurred at approximately 7:45 p.m. Friday, Dec. 27.

The detachment commander for Maidstone RCMP was removed from his command Dec. 5 after information was received by senior management that there may have been inappropriate workplace behaviour.

There was no taking it easy over the Christmas interlude for Battlefords RCMP, as officers responded to 50 calls for service/occurrences between 6 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 24 and 6 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 27.

There were more than 20 reports/calls for service to the Battlefords RCMP from Monday, Dec. 23 6 a.m. to Tuesday, Dec. 24, 6 a.m. There were two alarm calls, both confirmed false, and two false/nuisance 911 calls. Monday, Dec. 23 2013.12.23 6:13 a.m.

A man from Prince Albert facing eight indecent assault counts involving alleged incidents at the Moosomin First Nation's Day School appeared in court Dec. 23. He is due to reappear Jan. 27, 2014.

North Battleford Fire Department responded to an incident on Highway 16 bypass Monday at about 6:19 p.m. where, just by the overpass, a single vehicle had slid, hit the guard rail and went into the ditch.

On Friday, Dec. 20 at approximately 10:50 p.m., North Battleford RCMP responded to a report of a fight involving several people on 101st Street.

Three students from Northwest First Nation communities are among recipients of Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority 2013 of the SIGA First Nations Scholarship Awards.