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The building and the man both received honours. Elgar Petersen, the man the arena is named after, received a special honour on the ice right before the puck dropped for Game 2 of the Humboldt Broncos' series against the Flin Flon Bombers on March 23.

The school year calendar for 2013-14 school year for Battlefords and area students has been finalized to reflect the provincial government's new directive for all schools to provide at least 950 hours of instructional time per year.

Living Sky School Division dancer-in-residence Ashley Johnson has plans to host a traditional Old Tyme dance April 13 at the Chapel Gallery. The event will run that evening from 8 to 11 p.m.

Lloydminster Rural and Maidstone RCMP are reporting a fatal collision on Highway 3 north of Lloydminster Sunday morning. The collision happened around 8 a.m. Sunday, according to RCMP.

They are trying to make it easy to walk around Humboldt. Trevor Tumach, a consultant working on the Community Trails project for the City of Humboldt, unveiled the potential trails plan for Humboldt during an open house on March 19.

The Battlefords RCMP have received numerous reports of vehicles being vandalized around the 1700 block of 104th and 105th Streets. In addition, people have gone through unlocked vehicles, stealing various items.

They were announced as winners in January, but just received their awards last weekend.

With snow piled up throughout the province, the provincial government is making clear it is preparing for what could be a difficult spring melt.

Emergency crews were busy monday Morning cleaning up at the Battlefords Bridge following an incident involving a vehicle. North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services report that around 7:19 a.m.

Production lines at Maple Leaf Foods plant in North Battleford are now closed. Last Thursday, March 28 was the final day of production at the plant that produced bacon products for Maple Leaf Foods. The closure at the facility on Canola Ave.