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The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League unveiled their year-end award winners, with a pair of Nipawin Hawks taking home three awards.

The season may not be over for the Melfort Mustangs, but they celebrated the year so far with their annual awards banquet. This year the team handed out 19 awards at the March 5 event, with 12 different Mustangs taking home awards.

The Melfort Mustangs and Nipawin Hawks rivalry lived up to its name as the two teams combined for 84 penalty minutes and 17 power plays and the Hawks skated away with a 4-0 win.

After just three goals in his first 47 games, Logan Casavant exploded for four goals to lead the Nipawin Hawks to a 6-1 win over the Melfort Mustangs in Nipawin. “He definitely had the Midas touch, that’s for sure, but he worked incredibly hard too.

The Melfort Mustangs picked up a huge 4-2 victory in La Ronge against the Ice Wolves. Despite the win, Trevor Blevins , the team’s head coach, admitted the Feb. 28 game was not his team’s best effort.

A public meeting to discuss the fate of Bjorkdale School has been delayed due to the weather. The meeting, which will allow the North East School Division's board to gather information from the public, will now be held on March 29, at 7 p.m.

Through a museum atmosphere created in the John Paul II Collegiate library, both staff and students were given an opportunity to learn about the history of residential schools from Feb. 28 to March 2.

Battlefords Wildlife Federation is once again hosting its annual Awards Night banquet and fundraiser. This year’s event is Saturday, March 11, at the Wildlife Building at the junction of Highways 16 and 40 in the city’s southeast.

In recognition of International Women’s Day and Women’s History month, the National Farmers Union and the Government of Saskatchewan are hosting two events in the Northwest in March.

Andres ( Andy ) Davalos lucked out when he was putting together Andino Suns .