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With a substantial completion date of late March, the Aquatics Centre is likely to be, along with the theatre, the first of the CUPlex components finished.

On an ordinary Thursday afternoon in January when most students at Humboldt Collegiate Institute (HCI) were in class, 80 teenage girls took possession of the school's gymnasium for a "gym-blast.

The City of North Battleford's water, sewer and refuse collection bylaws have now come into effect. Third reading and final passage was granted to the bylaws Monday to set the new rates. The bylaws were introduced Jan. 9 and passed two readings.

The Reclaim Outreach Centre, the emergency shelter for the homeless located at 962-102nd St. in North Battleford, applied to Battleford Town Council for support Jan. 14.

The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce has formally appointed the officers who will serve on the executive for 2012. The executive was chosen by a unanimous vote of the directors in the first meeting of the year on Jan. 17.

Internet users living in four First Nation communities, including Red Pheasant, can now enjoy the convenience of high speed service.

The Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs and North West Regional College signed a memorandum Jan. 18, to agree to work together to increase First Nations participation in the provincial workforce.

A former Humboldt Mountie accused of killing an Ottawa police officer will go to trial in February. Kevin Gregson, 44, will stand trial for first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Ottawa police Const.

The sidewalk clearing bylaw in North Battleford remains intact, for now.

City council's patience is quickly wearing thin, again, with owners of fire-damaged commercial bays in the city's north end. The property at 2112-100th St. was spared the City wrecking ball Nov.