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With the early winter in Saskatchewan and already a number of days authorities have been advising against highway travel, it was time to find out how and when highways are cleared after a snowfall and what travel advisories really mean.

All communities across Canada are dealing with how to manage their assets. Last week, the City of Humboldt hosted another Asset Management training session at the Humboldt Uniplex.

It's the dead of winter in Saskatchewan as a lone car travels down a highway. A swirl of snow sails across the windshield, obscuring the vision of the driver behind the wheel. He shouldn't be going so fast, but he is impatient.

A vehicle parked on the 100 block of 29th Street in Battleford had gas siphoned out of its gas tank Nov. 30. This is not the first incident involving gas theft in the area. Nov.

Over $1.5 million. That's the milestone the Humboldt Good Neighbour Store reached this year, after handing out cheques for over $225,000 on December 3.

A grader passes by a car that slid off the road near the Uniplex in Humboldt on December 3. Roads were heavy with snow and very slippery after an overnight storm.

A 40-year-old North Battleford man is facing several serious charges following an RCMP investigation into a number of break, enter and theft complaints in the city of North Battleford between September and November.

This is something you don't see every day: a long line of tanks, vehicles and military equipment in North Battleford. But that is exactly what the scene was Monday afternoon as the Canadian Armed Forces stopped their caravan in the community.

It started out as an investigation into a break-in and resulted in a plethora of charges ranging from break, enter and theft to thefts from vehicles and firearms charges.

I am a big hockey fan. More than that, I have been heavily involved in covering the sport over the years, though mainly at the junior and the amateur level.