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Say goodbye to the moustaches at City Hall - at least, until next November. City officials, including Mayor Ian Hamilton, had joined in the Movember challenge to raise money for prostate cancer research with a goal to raise $3000.

A computer glitch has created a billing error that affects approximately 9,000 SaskTel wireless customers, according to a press release.

North Battleford council approved last Monday tax exemptions to a business setting up in Parsons Industrial Park, provided they create 20 new jobs there over the next 24 months. Edgewest Design and Production Inc.

With the arrival of December comes ramped-up activity for the Empty Stocking Fund and their efforts to provide for those in need this season.

Saskatchewan law enforcement agencies have extended the December traffic safety blitz for the holiday season. For the entire month of December, officers will be increasing resources and paying extra attention to impaired driving across the province.

Late Monday, Kipling RCMP detachment requestedassistance in locating Harley James Ironside, age 75. The detachment has advised that Ironside was found at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at the North Portal border crossing in southern Saskatchewan.

The intersection of Territorial Drive just north of 8th Avenue was the scene of a head-on collision on a snow-filled Sunday afternoon in North Battleford. The incident took place around 3 p.m.

There has been at least one fatality on area roads in the Northwest in recent days in the Maidstone area.

The Canadian Legion of Riders made another major donation to the Unmarked Graves Project at the North Battleford Legion Tuesday night.

Realtors in the Battlefords and across Saskatchewan have another outlet at their disposal to be able to give back to their communities. That will be through a new Saskatchewan Realtors Charitable Fund and Granting Program.