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The Mervin 4-H Beef Club held thier speech night on Feb. 11 at the Turtleford school. Jim and Nancy Range served as judges. Jayden Bannnerman was placed first in the juniors.

Maidstone RCMP say sometime between Feb. 21 and 26 a lease site in the RM of Britannia was entered and perpetrators unravelled a large roll of cableand fled withapproximately $15,000.00 worth of copper cable.

Good fortune found Nolin Baptiste during a break. With some downtime at work, the Cando resident decided to scratch his lottery tickets. He won $20,000. Nolin bought the tickets at Frog Lake General Store while stopped in Frog Lake, Alta.

The Saskatchewan 4-H northwest regional public speaking competitions were held in Blaine Lake March 23. District 29, consisting of Borden Light Horse, Crown Hill Beef and Sask Valley Dairy clubs, hosted the event.

Efforts towards setting up a business improvement district in downtown North Battleford took another small step forward Monday. The bylaw to set up the program was introduced at Monday's council meeting.

Two more bylaws connected to the 2013 budget adoption made their way to North Battleford council Monday. This time it is to amend the waterworks and sewerage bylaws. Both would set the proposed rates for 2013 as well as attain the 6.

Building permit numbers saw a significant spike in value in February in North Battleford.

The Redberry Wildlife Federation (RWF) held its annual banquet and awards evening March 16 at Blaine Lake Memorial Hall.

The Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists recognized worthy individuals March 20 at their awards presentation during the SIA Adaptation Convention at the Dekker Cetre.

Just one year into the program, Battlefords Union Hospital's obstetrical team is being honoured with the national recognition award for achievement in implementing the MOREOB patient safety program.