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Bike Rodeo returns to give kids tips on bike safety By Angela Brown SaskToday.ca
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Kids had a chance to learn their A, B, Cs of bicycle safety at the fourth annual Bike Rodeo event this past week. The event, scheduled to run May 12 to 16, was organized by the Battlefords Victim Services in conjunction with the Battlefords RCMP. Battlefords RCMP Corporal Steve Bell, with the Crime Prevention Victim Services Unit, was busy greeting students from Notre Dame School on May 15 at the Access Communications Centre, where a course was set up to give students tips on bike safety. Students in Grade 3 came from schools in North Battleford, Battleford and neighbouring First Nations to attend the sessions during the week. “All this week we’ve been running a Bike Rodeo for the community and the surrounding First Nations,” Bell said. “We anticipate about 400 students will come through.” Sessions were held in Battleford and North Battleford during the week. “It’s just educating kids on some bike safety and putting them through a little bit of a course we have,” Bell said. “The kids have some fun riding through the course and interacting with the officers. Continued on page 2
Kids from Notre Dame School in North Battleford join Battlefords RCMP Corporal Steve Bell at the Bike Rodeo on May 15, 2025. | Photo by Angela Brown
Constable Ryan O’Hara, school liaison officer, with Bready School student Huxley Hawtin at the Bike Rodeo on May 14, 2025. | Photo submitted by Cpl. Steve Bell
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