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Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation received a $10,000 donation from North Battleford Lions Club recently in support of “We Want to…Catch it! Stop it! Treat it!” capital campaign to purchase a new mammography unit for BUH’s Medical Imaging Departme

Sweetgrass School’s spelling bee is postponed until further notice. The News-Optimist reported in January the spelling bee would take place Saturday, March 9.

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Building permits are off to a good start in North Battleford in 2019. January numbers were presented at Monday’s council meeting. According to those numbers, seven permits were issued for a permit value of $123,500.

The Green Lake RCMP is requesting the public’s assistance in locating Quentin Ross, born 1970-10-11). Ross could possibly be in Saskatoon or North Battleford, say RCMP.

OTTAWA — As part of a cabinet shuffle as a result of the resignation of Jody Wilson-Raybould, the federal government has a new agriculture minister. Marie-Claude Bibeau, a Quebec MP, replaces Lawrence MacAulay in the position.

EAST CENTRAL — Eight east central communities are among those competing to see which one can log the most minutes of physical activity.

A good portion of Monday night’s council meeting was devoted to snow. Specifically, the topic was snow removal. Director of Utilities Stewart Schafer gave city councillors a primer on how their crews go about clearing the snow on city streets.

The office of MP Rosemarie Falk has issue a statement by the Battlefords-Lloydminster MP pm the SNC-Lavalin affair.

NIPAWIN — Two are running to fill the empty spot on Nipawin Council. Gene Rusk, who's retired and Laurie Kratochvil, a receptionist and writer, are hoping to replace Ismael Aliguyon, who resigned in October.