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For less than one dollar per residence per month, the City of North Battleford will be subsidizing the cost of the new recycling program so residents won't see an increase their recycling fee for 2014.

After 101 years of educational fortitude, the bricks of the old Humboldt Public School building were torn down last week. It had been a soaring presence in the heart of the community and had stood as a monument for parents, teachers, and students.

The symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias are not a normal part of aging.

The Battlefords RCMP responded to 20 occurrences/calls for service between 6 a.m. Monday, Dec. 20 and 6 a.m. Monday, Dec. 21. Monday 10:48 a.m. - Members called out to a possible nature gas leak on 800 block of 107th Street. Turned out to be false.

North Battleford RCMP report over 60 occurrences/calls for service, five alarms responded and eight false or nuisance 911 calls over the weekend, from 6 a.m. Friday, Jan. 17 to 6 a.m. Monday, Jan. 20. Friday 1:53 p.m.

Three persons have been charged in connection with an incident in North Battleford that has left one man in hospital since Nov. 13, 2013.

In the desolate yet serene hamlet of Leipzig stands a building so majestic that upon sight, it may take your breath away.

Here is a rundown of Battlefords RCMP detachment's activities of interest for the month of November, based on the detachment's monthly report to council compiled by acting detachment commander Sgt. Darcy Woolfitt and presented to council Monday.

Between 6 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 16 and 6 a.m. Friday, Jan 17, approximately 20 calls for service/occurrences were reported to RCMP in North Battleford.

The purchase of new buses has been put on hold by the Living Sky School Division until they know what kind of funding will be coming from the Ministry of Education.