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North Battleford city council gave first reading Monday to a bylaw that would rezone land for expansion and zoning on the Credit Union CUPlex site. The bylaw would rezone the land from A1 Agriculture to C3 Commercial.

Classes started Sept. 13, but if you take a walk down the hallways of Hafford Central School, it's not students you'll see, but construction workers, plumbers and electricians.

A new assessment process is coming in Saskatchewan which is designed to recruit more foreign-trained doctors to the province. Health Minister Don McMorris announced the new process Sept. 20.

Another $92,000 in contributions were announced in the fundraising campaign for the Credit Union CUplex this week.

A man accused of two charges of sexual assault and sexual interference involving a minor has elected to be tried in Queen's Bench Court by judge alone. David Smith appeared in provincial court before Judge Dan O'Hanlon on Wednesday.

During the late hours of Aug. 24 and the morning hours of Aug. 25, a garage was broken into on the 1500 block of 99th Street in North Battleford. Perpetrators stole a power saw, an air compressor and various air tools. At approximately noon Aug.

Expansion of Water Treatment Plant No. 1 is going well so far, according to City of North Battleford officials.

Twenty-two teachers from schools across the Northwest School Division participated in the third annual First Nations Partnership Aboriginal Cultural Retreat at Waterhen Lake in mid-September.

The City of North Battleford is urging local residents to be on the lookout for animals both inside and outside city limits.

More changes are coming to the Provincial Disaster Assistance Program in response to the needs of flood victims in the province.