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Candidates in the 2014 North Battleford byelection had a chance to meet the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night. Council candidates Ron Crush and Kelli Saemann made presentations to the board of directors at that monthly meeting.

Mayor Ian Hamilton announced Monday he has secured a meeting with MP Gerry Ritz next week to address the "community wellness" issues facing the city. That meeting will be held as part of Hamilton's trip to Ottawa next week.

Between 6 a.m. Monday, March 17 and 6 a.m. Tuesday, March 18 Battlefords RCMP responded to about 20 calls for service/occurrences. Monday 6:11 a.m. - Report of hit and run near Railway Avenue and 110th Street intersection.

The 1800 block of 106th Street is closed for a water main repair today (March 19). The water for this block will be turned off at approximately 9:00am for most of the day.

Battlefords RCMP is making people aware of a rash of reported vehicle tampering in the city. According to police, the incidents have taken place over the past several days throughout various parts of the city.

Nothing shows equality and diversity better than public acceptance of different types of people. Last week at the Humboldt city council meeting, council unanimously proclaimed March 30 to April 5 as Trans* Awareness Week.

A site manager at St. Mary's Villa in Humboldt was one of 11 nominees at the 2014 Saskatchewan Healthcare Excellence Awards, held on March 8 in Regina.

In a tiny apartment tucked away in the corner at the end of a long corridor lives an elderly woman. The place is neat and well kept. Small collectibles adorn a shelf in an organized fashion below a modern TV.

When 12 area high school students traveled to Cuernavaca, Mexico last month, they went to provide a family with one of life's basic essentials: proper housing.

The mess of flyers and unwanted junk mail on the floor of the Canada Post office in Humboldt continues on and suffice to say, employees of the post office are fed up.