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The Town of Battleford is moving toward changing its zoning bylaw to allow businesses locating to its new, larger commercial lots to have larger signs as well.

The cold snap put the freeze to calls for RCMP assistance between 6 a.m. Monday, Feb. 24 and 6 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, with Battlefords RCMP reporting about 17 calls for service/occurrences.

David Allan Greene of Unity, charged Nov. 22 with trafficking cocaine (crack), possession of cocaine (crack) for the purposes of trafficking, possession of cocaine and possession of marijuana, appeared in provincial court in Unity Feb. 24.

An off leash dog park could be in Battleford's future.

Battlefords RCMP responded to an unusual number of false/nuisance 911 calls between 6 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 22 and 6 a.m. Monday, Feb. 24. Among the more than 40 calls for service/occurrences responded to were nine of those calls.

Taralyn Shae Donohue, Grade 12 student of Blaine Lake Composite School, will be advancing onto the international beauty pageant level in the Dominican Republic in April.

The Saskatchewan Bison Association will be holding an industry information session, its annual meeting and its premier show and sale in North Battleford next week.

In the wake of anti-government protests in the Ukraine in recent days in which several people have died, Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall has issued a statement voicing concern about the violence there.

Traffic counts submitted by the North Battleford Public Works Department seem to show a common thread. They show that if there is a Tim Hortons nearby, there's plenty of traffic.

Building permits are off to a fast start in 2014 in North Battleford.