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Building permit numbers for September were up, but permit values were way down, based on the report for the month for North Battleford.

Turtleford Community Centre will host one of 11 Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association district meetings which began Monday. The meeting for District 9B will begin at 7 p.m. Monday. Director for the region is Dean Moore.

It was pretty much a stay-the-course Speech from the Throne delivered Wednesday afternoon. The speech, delivered in the legislature by Lt. Gov.

Health and seniors care, education and economic diversification are a key focus for NDP leader Cam Broten going into the fall legislative session.

A hazmat awareness course was held in St Walburg Oct. 18 and 19.

The Frontier Mall in support of the Battlefords United Way will be hosting a Pumpkin Festival Oct. 29 to 31.

Efforts to set up a Neighbourhood Watch program in North Battleford took another step forward Oct. 24. That was the evening for an organizational meeting to set up Neighbourhood Watch in the city, held at the Don Ross Centre.

A number of SaskLotteries community grants have been approved by the North Battleford Parks and Recreation Committee at a meeting Monday.

The federal and Saskatchewan governments have announced $45,000 in funding under the Agriculture Awareness Initiative.

The latest train derailment and explosion in Alberta raised some alarms for North Battleford councillors Monday.