Entries for September 2009

Three new candidates for councillor in Battleford

Halewich running for re-election; motivated by Odishaw’s decision

Man wants to buy city’s sewage sludge

Green light for design of river valley outdoor stage

Farm income picture dims

Most Canadian flax in Europe quarantined

Three candidates for mayor, eight for councillor in North Battleford

Salie says school board experience helped prepare her for mayor’s chair

City should find alternative to nuclear power plant, candidate says

City shouldn’t go into any more debt, Ray Fox says

Composting recommended for the Battlefords

Yields often better than expected

Odishaw runs for mayor in B’ford; Ray joins mayoralty race in N.B

Multiplex should be moved to different location: mayoralty candidate

Tough decision to run again, Odishaw says

B’ford mayor challenges residents to cut water use by 30 per cent

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Durum PRO drops to $4.53 a bushel

Grace Lang latest city council candidate

Feds, province kick in $4.5 million for water treatment plant expansion

B’fords RCMP commanding officer retiring Nov. 13

Speaker calls for zero waste in landfills by 2026

Premier’s Dinner attracts 400 at Tropical Inn

Two more candidates file nomination papers for city council

Phase one of Town Hall Opera House project 99 per cent done, says Lesmeister

Seniors’ complex planned for Battleford West

Tim Hortons expresses interest in Gasoline Alley in Battleford

Seniors speak up; Homecare concerns raised in meeting

Another tough year for cow-calf producers

Money left on the table

Meeting re: seniors’ long term care told falls prevention co-ordinator and seniors’ secretariat needed

Long term seniors care discussion was held at BUH

Residents have until Sept. 24 to provide input into city downtown survey

Monte Migneault running for city council

Installation of water tower lights could begin this week

City invites groups to apply for community development funding

New Youth Pastor for Living Faith Chapel shares vision

BSE risk status

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Grain price rally predicted

Meeting at BUH Monday re: long term care for seniors

Don Buglas files papers for third term on city council

Work on installing water tower lights could begin next week

Sask. Baseball Hall of Fame CEO frustrated with CTV newscast

First two Town Council nominations; Rory Anderson and Amber Nelson-Labrecque

H1N1 flu vaccine could be in Battlefords by October: Cholin

Bride-to-be gets $5,000 “gift” from B’fords Union Hospital Foundation

Letter to the Editor - Residents appreciate opportunity to try out rec classes

Battlefords Community Players open new season Oct. 20

Flax fiasco

Exports still vital for beef sector

Terry Lynn Cann won’t run for a third term on city council

Thousands of needles drug paraphernalia found in old house

Sadlowski, Pedersen disappointed with uranium report

Roy Challis plans to run again for Living Sky School Division board

Cash-starved Healthy food program looking for sponsors

North Battleford honours father of an abducted girl on day 40 of ride

Low Terry Fox Run numbers have organizer questioning its future

Smaller turnout for Terry Fox Ride

Cattle price insurance

Francophones invited to Back to Batoche as a result of N.B. gathering

Letter to the Editor
Letters re: greenspace, paving were not “nasty”

Payne reflects on time as Chair of Light of Christ Catholic School Board

Who do you believe?

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Grain markets lack strength

Mixed reaction to possible ban on cellphone use while driving

New staff in place at Immigration Resource Centre

SaskPower donates free backpacks to McKitrick students

Pavement of town street after nasty letter was a coincidence: council

Residents asked to complete online survey re: downtown N.B.

Town interested in paper, cardboard pelleting idea

Town considers making Kramer Campground available for night cross country skiing

Healthy Eating Challenge starts Monday

Foursquare Gospel Tidings Radio program celebrates 45 years this month

The demise of an industry

Competitive disadvantage for Canadian cattle

Local Living Sky School Division board members plan to run again

Streets will continue to be torn up this fall, city official says

Hafford resident wins logo design contest

Principal, teacher camp out on Holy Family School roof

Nomination papers for fall election available in a couple of weeks

Father of abducted, murdered girl cycling through the Battlefords

Five of eight Light of Christ School Board members plan to run again

Terry Fox Run, Ride held this Sunday in Battlefords and area

Harvest rush

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Winter versus spring wheat

Health Region submitting plan re: long term, alternate care patients

Saulteaux First Nation to mark National Suicide Awareness Week

Town Hall roof, Phase I of Opera House project expected to be complete by the end of this month

Golf course irrigation fundraising drive at $200,000 mark: Lafreniere

École Père Mercure’s student population up by 165 per cent

N.B. golf course ranked 7th among top 10 courses in Man., Sask.

N.B. firefighters battle two blazes

Battlefords heads to Switzerland for international yoga seminar

Improvements made to Finlayson Island

Heritage Christian School approved for daycare

Grain prices are sliding

Frost concerns diminish

Arson suspect back in court Oct. 6

B’fords resident meets long-lost daughter

Gallery Singers donate proceeds of fundraiser to Multiplex facility

Little progress on placarded, rundown houses

Wal-Mart manager makes request for flood aid to be doubled

Two city councillors running for re-election

City negotiates to rent – and possibly eventually own – four sculptures created during Sculpture Symposium

New beach changehouse/office in B’fords Provincial Park

Metis, francophones hold travelling roundtable in North Battleford

Preserving the wheat midge tolerance trait