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It has become a familiar refrain at North Battleford council meetings in the past number of weeks.

Here are highlights from the April 8 council meeting in North Battleford. (Information provided courtesy of Marketing And Communications Co-ordinator Mike Halstead.

The Town of Battleford is in the midst of budget deliberations for 2013. Town council held a budget session Monday to go through the numbers.

Unity RCMP are wishing to caution the driving public that there are poor road conditions on Highway No. 14 near Macklin notably from Senlac West to Macklin, and on Highway No. 31 in the Macklin- Denzil area.

The monthly flood forecast is in and North Battleford and area are now at high risk.

Saskatchewan Finance Minister Ken Krawetz touted the province's balanced books before a morning audience at the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce Monday.

A man facing weapons and uttering threats charges in connection to a March incident in North Battleford has been released under a number of strict conditions.

An inmate of the Saskatchewan Provincial Correctional Centre has escaped lawful custody while being treated at Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon.

The replacement for Saskatchewan Hospital proved a hot topic both inside and outside the legislature Monday. NDP opposition grilled the Sask.

The Battlefords Ministerial Association is hosting 4th Mayors' Prayer Breakfast in the Battlefords.