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Submitted Conexus Credit Union has donated $100,000 to the Saskatchewan Hospital New Beginnings Fundraising Campaign. Necessary medical equipment and furniture for the new Saskatchewan Hospital will be purchased with this gift.

Battlefords MLA Herb Cox rose in the legislature recently to publicly congratulate everyone involved in the Saskatchewan Winter Games in North Battleford.

This weekend marks the return of the 33rd annual Agri-Mex farm, trade and home show in North Battleford. The show begins at noon Thursday at the Battlefords Ag Society grounds and runs through Saturday.

NIPAWIN—Nipawin council has approved an application that will let the Pineland Co-op sell firearms from its Home Centre. The decision was made at the March 26 council meeting, with an extra caveat.

People were asking for more and Tracey Reifferscheid at Infinite Creations could not offer more with the previous space she had.

After months of work, the new Sarcan location has opened on the corner of 13th Street and 5th Avenue. The new location is three times the size of their previous location on 2nd Street with 4,800 square feet of space for workers and customers.

Submitted A Community Teaching Initiative of Nursing students (ACTION) have been placed at Connaught Elementary School for their fourth and final year of the SCBScN program through the University of Regina and Saskatchewan Polytechnic.

NIPAWIN—Consider it a missed opportunity. After winning both games in Nipawin, the Hawks went out on the road and suffered a 2-1 loss to the Humboldt Broncos in Game three of the semifinals.

YELLOW QUILL—Greenwater RCMP arrested a 25-year-old Yellow Quill First Nation man in connection to a stabbing. The RCMP were called to the scene March 25, where they found a 16-year-old victim.

For the second year, the Humboldt Regional Newcomer Centre hosted an International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination event on March 28 with this year having an Indigenous Ensemble come to town.