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It was a busy evening for the Humboldt Fire Department during their open house on Oct. 10 for Fire Prevention Week. "It really went well," said fire chief, Mike Kwasnica. "We had around 75 people show up, both kids and adults.

RCMP say witnesses and the victim involved in a weekend stabbing on Panton Avenue in North Battleford are refusing to co-operate with police. The incident took place around 3 a.m. Saturday in the 9000 block of Panton Avenue.

Here is an update on some matters that came up in provincial court in North Battleford on Thursday Oct. 10, before Judge David Kaiser.

The twentieth annual Battlefords Business Excellence Awards arrived only days before the fifth anniversary of Malcolm Anderson's arrival in the Battlefords.

Team lead Lyla Johnson of Information Services Corporation had a big cheque for $2,000 to present to fundraising chair Dan Garvey of Habitat for Humanity - the Battlefords, to go towards their first build project in the community.

North Battleford RCMP are asking for the public's assistance in the investigation of a theft reported from a business in the city of North Battleford in the early evening of Sept. 20.

There have been a couple of incidents this past weekend at Moosomin First Nation north of the city. One was a major grass fire on the reserve Saturday evening.

"Are you kidding me?" demanded Bev Esquirol of Edam, when she was informed her lottery ticket number had been pulled for the previous purchaser draw of $10,000 Oct. 9.

Paynton Volunteer Fire Department has been busy trainingmost Wednesdays this summer and into the fall. On the weekend of Sept. 27 to 29,five of Paynton's firefighters volunteered three days to learn the finer points of the job.

One of three youth suspects accused in the break-in at a north end school in North Battleford will return to court Oct. 16.