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North Battleford's mill rate bylaws were introduced at city council Monday. However the bylaws, establishing a 3.9 per cent mill rate increase, will have to wait until the next council meeting for final passage.

Provincial New Democrats say the Brad Wall government is choosing politicians over people in its 2012-13 budget.

Among the more controversial cuts in the 2012 provincial is the province's elimination of the Film Employment Tax Credit. The government announced that as of April 1, they would no longer be accepting FETC registrations.

The galleries were packed again at North Battleford council Monday- this time, to celebrate labour harmony. Several representatives from Canadian Union of Public Employees Local No.

Sakewew High School made Battlefords history last year when they had April 4 declared "Day of Pink" in North Battleford.

The Commercial Crime and Fraud Sections with the Regina Police Service, Saskatoon Police Service, Saskatchewan Financial Services Commission and the RCMP have joined forces to promote March as Fraud Awareness Month (www.sacp.

Two mountain bikes were stolen from a business on Railway Avenue East during the early morning hours of March 6. RCMP say a man, dressed in black clothing, broke into the business and left in a silver or white SUV.

There were alarms, but no fire at Connaught School Tuesday. North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services responded to the alarms around 5:15 a.m. As it turned out, it was a malfunction with the sprinkler system that was the cause.

Battlefords MLA Herb Cox had lots of positive things to say about the provincial budget brought down March 21. "It was a great budget," said Cox, who says it "confirms our commitment to the province.

The final report is in on the floor situation in Dust Wing of St. Mary's Villa, but no decision on how to fix it has yet been made. Walter P.