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Meeting with school divisions coming on special tax

A meeting is being set up with impacted local school divisions regarding the new special tax on infrastructure in North Battleford. City council received correspondence dated Feb.
It’s pothole season — city crews kept busy with multiple issues

It’s pothole season — city crews kept busy with multiple issues

The snow is melting rapidly, and the damage on the roads is already evident to frustrated drivers. Yes, it is pothole season, and the City of North Battleford is a mess.
Karen Low of Merit Contractors Association to speak on construction industry

Karen Low of Merit Contractors Association to speak on construction industry

The state of the construction industry in the province will be a prime focus for a guest speaker coming to the Battlefords this week.
Poetic challenge taken up by Mayor Hamilton

Poetic challenge taken up by Mayor Hamilton

Council Notes
Suspects from B and Es, chase, to return to court

Suspects from B and Es, chase, to return to court

Two individuals facing a multitude of charges after fleeing from police last weekend are due to return to court later this month. One individual, a youth, made his second court appearance Tuesday morning and is to return to court March 20.
Gas and dash thief sought

Gas and dash thief sought

North Battleford RCMP are investigating a complaint of a theft of gasoline from a business on the Highway 16 Bypass. At approximately 9 p.m. on the March 10, a male suspect filled a truck with fuel and left the business without paying.
Ski passion takes athlete a long way from home

Ski passion takes athlete a long way from home

When you love to do something and you pour yourself into it, it can bring you places you may have never expected to go.
Fuel stolen

Fuel stolen

Battlefords RCMP are seeking the public's assistance in identifying a man who filled up his gas tank at a business on the Highway 16 bypass at just after 8 a.m. Saturday, March 7 and then left without paying for it.
Four injured in rollover

Four injured in rollover

Two people from North Battleford were among four transported to Meadow Lake Hospital Sunday evening after a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 4 about 20 kilometres south of Meadow Lake.
Netmaker’s Neechie Gear gains more recognition

Netmaker’s Neechie Gear gains more recognition

The clothing brand started by a young local entrepreneur from Sweetgrass First Nation continues to gain recognition at home and around the globe.
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