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There were a lot more Saskatchewan Roughriders jerseys in the audience than usual at the fourth Mayors' Prayer Breakfast in the Battlefords.

Habitat for Humanity - the Battlefords will be holding a community information meeting Tuesday. The meeting is at McKitrick School at 7 p.m.

It's official - Partners Family Services in Humboldt is now a referral agency for the Dress for Success program in Saskatoon.

North Battleford city council has given its final stamp of approval to the establishment of a downtown business improvement district. Third and final reading of the BID bylaw passed Monday at city hall.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Opponents of genetically-modified alfalfa took their message to the streets of North Battleford Tuesday at noon. They converged outside the constituency office of Battlefords-Lloydminster MP Gerry Ritz on 100th Street.

Approximately nine kilograms of marijuana, $5,000 in cash and firearms were seized in an RCMP raid on a residence in Cut Knife Wednesday.

Humboldt is growing and the population is diversifying. To address that, two local women are starting a local chapter of PFLAG - Parents and Friends for Lesbians and Gays.

It is a new type of business Humboldt has never seen before. During the March 25 regular Humboldt City Council meeting, Council passed Bylaw 06/2013, to include provisions for mobile food vendors in the Business Licensing Bylaw.

North Battleford city administration is proposing a 10 per cent hike in business license fees.