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The 2011 budget was a large agenda item for North Battleford city council at a regular meeting Monday. Director of Finance, Byron Tumbach, presented the 2011 General Operating Budget and Five Year Capital Plan. Proposed are increases are 2.

An Automatic External Defibrillator(AED) presentation was held March 7 at the Blaine Haven Lodge. Darryl Fiala, representing the Rick Lamontagne Memorial Fund, explained how the fund was established and the relevance of the AEDs.

A proposed bar and grill in the town of Battleford has some residents concerned, with one resident saying he will leave the community as a result.

It's a very sad place to be these days. Waldsea Lake Regional Park is looking less and less like a park these days and more and more like a war zone as cabin after cabin is moved away.

It's unfortunate, but the sad reality is that many children in the Battlefords often go hungry. Which is why the Battlefords Boys and Girls Club has teamed up with four local businesses to provide meals to a group of children, twice per week.

A kitchen mishap earned one North Battleford resident a visit from the firefighters. North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services responded to fire alarms in the Valley View Tower 1, at 1101 99th St., a little after 4 p.m. this Sunday.

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Money often costs too much." That statement couldn't be truer for the Canadian government, who shell out $87 million per day in interest payments alone.

Construction of the final two components of the Credit Union CU Plex is expected to begin late this spring, according to a City of North Battleford news release.

Nursing students will be able to take their first year of a new program in Muenster this fall. The University of Saskatchewan has launched a brand new Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.

Nine new part-time firefighters have joined the ranks of North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services (NBFES). The new firefighters are nearing the completion of in-house and field training.