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The first of the bylaws resulting from the recently-adopted 2013 North Battleford budget made its way to council Monday.

Building permit numbers are down in North Battleford to start 2013. The January numbers, compiled by Building Inspector Jerry Wintonyk and presented at Monday night's council meeting, saw a sharp drop in value.

While the residential refuse rate bylaw will have to wait for another meeting in order to be signed and sealed, two other bylaws introduced at Monday's City of North Battleford council meeting did make it through in three readings.

The first RCMP policing numbers are in for 2013 and calls for service to Battlefords City Detachment have dropped significantly compared to the previous year. Numbers for January 2013 saw 779 calls for service, compared to 1,148 in January 2012.

Inspired. That's Makenzie Jesse. You might also say she is inspiring. Monday, the Grade 7 Battleford Central School student rode the last kilometre of a 100 kilometre journey to raise some $5,000 for a well in Kenya.

A local presentation of the Vagina Monologues Feb. 16 at the Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts in North Battleford has raised thousands of dollars for its beneficiaries.

Smoke from a train engine in the North Battleford rail yard caused concern for city residents Monday morning.

March 5 has been set as the grand opening date for the CUPlex field house. That announcement was made Thursday.

North Battleford city officials had some explaining to do to reporters Tuesday over a reference in the City budget to "the negatives of increasing First Nations populations.

Did the October snow catch you off guard? Do you have enough feed? Does the feed you have, have enough protein and energy to get your cows through the winter? In some areas of the Northwest, a slow start to the growing season subsequently put hay sea