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The North Battleford Lions Club has awarded the winners in their annual cash draw. The club is grateful to everyone who supported the draw to enable the North Battleford Lions Club to give back to the community. Photos submitted

Joanne Lewchuk (centre left) and Sylvia Duhaime (centre) present the Battlefords Mental Health Centre with money raised from the Cody Duhaime Memorial Walk for Suicide Awareness held in Meota on Sept. 10.

It was an exciting day for those involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters in the Battlefords. Mayor Ryan Bater officially proclaimed Sept. 18 as Big Brothers Big Sisters Day in North Battleford.

The situation is under control at John Paul II Collegiate in North Battleford following a bomb threat Thursday afternoon.

Here is a rundown of highlights for the planning committee meeting of council at City Hall on Monday night.

A poor 12 minute stretch of hockey sunk the Nipawin Hawks as they dropped a 5-1 decision to the Melfort Mustangs in the back half of their season opening Saskatchewan Junior Hockey league home-and-home series in Nipawin After scoring the Sept.

Nipawin council voted to repeal 13 archaic bylaws. One, from 1949, dealt with the pasteurization of milk – something that municipalities now have no power over. Barry Elliott , the town’s administrator, said the repeals, done at the Sept.

Joanne Lewchuk (centre left) and Sylvia Duhaime (centre) present the Battlefords Mental Health Centre with money raised from the Cody Duhaime Memorial Walk for Suicide Awareness held in Meota on Sept. 10.

After serving as Centennial Park School and Phoenix School, the building north of Lawrence School will now serve as North West College’s new off-site facility.

Battlefords-Lloydminster MP Gerry Ritz may have resigned his Commons seat, but that has not stopped him from getting in trouble one last time.