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The North Battleford RCMP detachment received approximately 24 calls for service between 6 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28 and 6 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29.

After an appeal for blood donations was sent out in September by Canadian Blood Services, the situation is improving but more blood is still needed.

Living Sky School Division was one of several school divisions invited to make a pre-budget presentation to Saskatchewan's Treasury board recently.

NDP leader Cam Broten is pledging a focus on health care as the legislative session resumed in Regina last week. Broten spoke to reporters in a conference call Oct.

On Oct. 25, the Humboldt & District Museum gave residents the opportunity to do something normally never allowed: touch the artifacts. A special selection of items that were considered capable of some rough handling were brought out for the day.

Motorists are being advised of two stretches of road where there is patching work being done today. A crew will be patching from 2112 - 101st Crescent to MacDonald Drive from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday.

By Melanie Jacob Journal Editor Students from St. Augustine Elementary School were able to participate in a week's worth of fun-filled activities for the school's Education Week from Oct. 20-24.

There are a few new things the Humboldt Fire Department has to be proud, not the least of which is some new technology and fire chief Mike Kwasnica's recent specialized training.

The Communities in Bloom (CIB) results were finally released and while our overall score went up by one and a half per cent, Humboldt didn't perform as well as hoped. Out of 1,000 possible points, the city scored 835.

It's a story that's been told before, and yet it's one that never ceases to amaze.