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The 2014 budget for the City of North Battleford has been officially adopted. Council voted in favour of adopting the budget Monday, and also moved swiftly to pass the amendments to the water and sewer bylaws.

Battlefords RCMP responded to fewer than 20 calls for service/occurrences between 6 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21 and 6 a.m. Wednesday, Jan 22. Tuesday 3:30 p.m. - Recovered stolen snowmobile. Investigation ongoing. 4:14 p.m.

Between t a.m. Friday, Jan. 24 and 6 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, Battlefords RCMP responded to approximately 30 calls for service/occurrences, including one alarm. Friday 6:39 a.m. - Report of man refusing to pay cab fare on 104th Street.

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During budget deliberations by North Battleford city council last week, councillors learned a move by RCMP to route all calls to a call centre in Regina should solve the chronic clerical staff shortages the detachment has experienced.

Battlefords RCMP responded to more then 24 calls for service/occurrences between 6 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22 and 6 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 23. Those calls included one false alarm and one false/nuisance 911 call. Wednesday 7:06 a.m. - Hit and run.

It was a quiet 24 hours for Battlefords RCMP, with less than 20 calls for service/occurrences between 6 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 23 and 6 a.m. Friday, Jan. 24. Three of those calls were alarms, all proved to be false. Thursday 8:06 a.m.

Battlefords RCMP responded to 40 calls for service/occurrences, including six alarms, between 6 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 25 and 6 a.m. Monday, Jan. 27. 2014.01.25 6 a.m. - 2014.01.27 6am Saturday 9:54 a.m. - Report of theft of gas on Highway 16 Bypass.

Emergency crews responded to two vehicle incidents in the city Saturday. The first was a motor vehicle accident at around 1:30 p.m. at the intersection of Territorial Drive and Highway 16.

As a result of the City of North Battleford's budget deliberations, the traffic lights at Territorial Drive and 100th Street will be getting another turn arrow, but there's no indication when two other intersections needing upgrading might be done.