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As the Battlefords Boys and Girls Club celebrated its 40th birthday Tuesday, they could also look back on a year of growth.

Crown Hill 4-H Beef Club held their achievement day June 19 at the farmyard of Trent and Caley Letkeman at Hepburn.

At its president's windup banquet Monday, the Rotary Club of the Battlefords looked back at another busy year and announced its annual Integrity Award winner.

While some school divisions in Saskatchewan have resorted to cutting teachers and other staff to balance their budgets, Living Sky School Division has announced it has not gone this route.

It has been an active sitting of the Saskatchewan legislature for Battlefords MLA Herb Cox so far in 2016. Cox has been kept busy fending off one opposition attack after another related to his cabinet portfolio, the environment ministry.

The City has announced that North Battleford Fire Department will test the flow of fire hydrants starting July 11 in the neighborhoods of Killdeer Park, Fairview Heights, College Heights and Deanscroft.

The fraud case against former RM of Meota administrator Maryann Germann will return to court in the fall.

Specially designed bicycle hits the streets

Historic centre hosts July 1 celebration

There will be no change in the mill rate for Battleford taxpayers this year. Town council approved the 2015 budget Monday and there are already plans to begin working on the 2017 budget as of July 7. The mill rate of 4.