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The modern glass and glitter of the Dekker Centre atrium will be the backdrop for the display of trees, wreaths and swags up for auction at the 2013 Festival of Trees.

A proposed 10 per cent business license fee hike is now in effect in North Battleford. Third and final reading of the bylaw to license and regulate businesses in North Battleford was passed at council Monday.

The provincial government has announced it is providing $3 million, a $1.5 million increase, in funding for the rural physician locum pool. The pool is accessed to provide services to rural communities.

While recruitment of a full time physician for the Cut Knife Medical Clinic continues, physician coverage of the clinic will resume May 1, according to Prairie North Health Region.

The sexual assault charge against Harry Michael Dekker has been adjourned to May 21. That is the date when the matter will return to provincial court in Saskatoon after a month-long adjournment was granted Thursday morning.

Previously, we had reported on area man, Doug Middleton, who travelled to Honduras to work with a mission program called World Accord. This year Middleton returned to the location, bringing along his wife, Becky, and Unity doctor, Dr. Linda Bloem.

Steven Daniel Vu, 26, of Waseca was arrested Tuesday by RCMP in Lloydminster and he is facing drug related charges. The arrest was made at the McDonald's parking lot.

TheCut Knife Detachment of the RCMP is investigating a series of incidents that occurred during the early morning hours ofMarch 2 in the Town of Cut Knife.

Food Banks Saskatchewan is welcoming the donation of 2,000 kilograms of fresh Saskatchewan pork. It comes in a joint donation from Sask Pork in Saskatoon and Thunder Creek Pork processing plant in Moose Jaw.

"I'm sorry for the people who get bullied, and I should stand up for them." Grade 6 student Tara Keller pledged her empathy and promise to victims of bullying on a heart- shaped note posted to the school's bulletin board at St. Dominic School.