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Various changes coming into effect this year at the North Battleford Housing Authority were among the items outlined by representatives of the organization at city council Monday.

The "sports event of the year," as selected by Rivers West District for Sport Culture and Recreation, was the 2012 Meadow Lake Saskatchewan Summer Games. The award was presented at a banquet in the Neilburg Community Hall April 24.

You got the impression Monday that local synchronized swimmers are not so enthralled with the new Battlefords Co-op Aquatic Centre.

A Watrous man has been missing for five years and the Saskatoon RCMP Historical Case Unit is asking for the public's help in their ongoing investigation. In May of 2008, James Carlson disappeared from the Watrous area under suspicious circumstances.

When Glenn Hornick stood with members of Habitat for Humanity - Battlefords for the obligatory donation presentation photograph on Thursday, the "cheque" he presented was actually a blank piece of paper.

Anticipation continues to build in North Battleford over the hosting of its own version of the Amazing Race July 1.

The new generating station at the North Battleford Energy Centre is now up and running. SaskPower reported the 260 MW combined natural gas facility began operations at midnight June 5, after completing all required tests.

We now have a much clearer idea how the new Saskatchewan Hospital will look following the end of capital planning sessions. A week-long 3P (Production, Preparation, Process) Lean capital planning session took place last week in North Battleford.

Several changes to and a new name have been announced for the federal policing program in Saskatchewan. The name is now Integrated Organized Crime North (Saskatoon) and Integrated Organized Crime South (Regina).

Efforts of Sakewew High School's Gay Straight Alliance group have taken students from that high school all the way to Toronto. A number of students were there for the national OUTshine Gay-Straight Alliance summit in Toronto during mid-May.