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Dates have been set for the preliminary hearing for Norbert Dumais, charged with drug possession, sexual assault, uttering threats and breach of undertaking. The preliminary hearing has been set for Jan. 16 to 20 in North Battleford provincial court.

School may be out but it doesn't mean the children have to be bored without school to keep them busy. The Maidstone Library will be hosting summer reading activities every Wednesday afternoon from July 6 until Aug. 24. Sessions will start at 2:30 p.

A former Battlefords resident turned nationally-known entrepreneur and businessnessman is one of those named to the Order of Canada. W. Brett Wilson is one of 50 people named to the Order of Canada last Thursday by Governor General David Johnston.

The issue of whether to set up a homeless shelter at Reclaim Outreach Centre has not been settled yet by North Battleford city council.

In four days over the course of the long weekend there was one car accident, three dumpster fires and two vehicle fires in the Battlefords and Area. The car accident happened at the intersection of 8th Avenue and 110th Street on Thursday at 6:15 p.m.

It is a dream come true for a young boy and his family. Former Humboldt resident, David Sweeney, was born with giant omphalocele ventricular septal defect.

A meeting of city council June 27 was the last one before the summer schedule takes effect. Council meetings are reduced to one per month during July and August to accommodate summer vacations. Council will meet again July 25 and again on Aug. 22.

Parks and recreation head Keith Anderson had the sad duty to inform city council June 27 that, indeed, the bloodsuckers are coming back.

Dates for a preliminary hearing are likely to be set next week in the case of a woman charged with assaulting a resident at a North Battleford group home.

The review is in, and it points to complex systemic and human factors as to why residents of a Humboldt care home were exposed to carbon monoxide late last year.