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The Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 9 selected two members for the Legionnaire of the year award. President of the Legion since 2010, Esther Delainey, won the coveted award and so did long-time member Wendy Ebach. The awards were presented Monday.

The students from a Grade 6/7 split class at Ecole Monseignur Blaise Morand brought on the holiday spirit by raising money for an organization called KIVA. KIVA is a non-profit organization that provides micro-loans to people in need.

The Humboldt & District Museum and Gallery held their annual Festival of the Wreaths auction on Dec. 3. Festival of the Wreaths has been an annual fixture in Humboldt for the last 16 years.

Teddy bears littered the ice during the second intermission of the Humboldt Broncos Bantam “AA” game against the visiting Yorkton Xerox Terriers.

It is like a giant game of hide-n-seek. And it gets people exploring. There are 2,751,675 active geocaches and over 6 million people looking for them, says geocaching.com.So let’s break it down.

For 48 years, St. Peter’s Chorus has been entertaining those in the Humboldt area. This years Advent Celebration is basically two concerts in one, says choir director Maxine Moore.

The Humboldt legion is getting a new president. Current president Larry Cameron is stepping down after serving two consecutive two-year terms, the maximum length allowed. Cameron has been a legion member for about 25 years.

The Humboldt Soup Kitchen got a much-needed boost right in time for the holiday season. On Dec. 1, students from the Vacation Bible School at St. John’s Lutheran Church made a gracious donation of $482.90 to the soup kitchen. St.

If someone would have told Don Meikle 23 years ago that there would be a human trafficking problem in Saskatchewan, he never would have believed them.

Battlefords RCMP are investigating the sudden death of a 36-year-old woman in North Battleford Tuesday. Police say a call was received of a woman in medical distress in front of a residence on the 100 block of 103rd Street at 9:45 p.m.