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WYNYARD — A collision between a wide load semi truck and a westbound SUV resulted in a death. The SUV had just turned west onto the highway from 9th street when the collision occurred on the evening of March 18.

A ban on single-use plastics is likely to be on City Hall’s planning committee agenda in the near future.

Both the 2018 Citizen of the Year and Junior Citizen of the Year were honoured by the community Friday night. The Junior Citizen Alyssa Woodrow and Citizen of the Year Pius Pfeifer were honoured at a dinner held at the Western Development Museum.

On Monday, March 18, at 9:20 p.m., the Battlefords RCMP Detachment received a complaint of an armed robbery of a food delivery driver that occurred outside a residence on the 800 block of 110th Street in North Battleford.

Rivers West District for Sport, Culture and Recreation has announced the 2019 award recipients of the Rivers West District Volunteer Recognition Awards.

EAST CENTRAL — The next school year will start for Horizon School Division students on Sept. 3. Students will be going to school for 183 days in the 2019-20 school year. Major breaks include two weeks at Christmas, which goes from Dec. 23 to Jan.

A new act enhances the existing powers of Saskatchewan police services in missing person investigations where there is no reason to suspect a crime has taken place.

HUMBOLDT — The Elgar Petersen Arena didn't make it into the top four in Kraft’s Hockeyville contest. The four arenas that made it to the final round are Wilkie, Sask.; Rich Valley, Alta.; Saint-Polycarpe, Que.; and Renous, NB.

On live television this evening, the 2019 Kraft Hockeyville finalists were unveiled, and Wilkie was named as one of the Top 4 communities! Kraft Heinz Canada, in partnership with the National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Hockey League Players

The family of Joe Fafard has announced his passing on March 16, 2019, at his home in Lumsden. The international visual artist died peacefully, surrounded by his loved ones.