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With the Humboldt Broncos Spring Camp just around the corner, the hockey club is looking to fill out it's roster for the weekend. 

The team says there forward and defence spots open for both the 2010-11 and the 2006-09 group. 

If you're interested in attending the camp, you can email Assistant General Manager Luke Strueby luke.broncos@sasktel.net or Head Coach and General Manager Brayden Klimosko hbroncoscoach@gmail.com. 

Once the roster is filled for spring camp, the Broncos won't accept any additional entries. 

A 35-year old woman was killed on Sunday night on Highway 11 near the junction of Highway 2 by Prince Albert after she was struck by a vehicle.

RCMP said they received multiple reports of a person in the middle of the highway which was followed up by a report of a pedestrian struck by an SUV.

The woman from Patuanak was declared deceased at the scene. 

The 65-year old female driver of the SUV and an adult female passenger from Saskatoon didn't receive any injuries. 

Roadways in the area were blocked off during the investigation but have since reopened. 

Elections Canada is expecting a significant voter-turnout this federal election after a record-breaking number of people showed up to the polls on Friday.

Marie-France Kenny with Elections Canada says the first day of advanced polling saw two million Canadians line up. This is an increase of 36 per cent, or 1.2 million voters, from the last federal election. Kenny assures that if you still hope to cast your ballot early, there are several ways to do so.

With the federal election just days away, farmers and ranchers had the opportunity to hear directly from political parties about their agricultural policies.  With the federal election just days away, farmers and ranchers had the opportunity to hear directly from political parties about their agricultural policies.  The Canadian Federation of Agriculture held their National Agriculture Leaders Debate last week. The debate on Thursday featured representatives from the Liberal, Conservative, NDP, Green, and Bloc Québécois parties. 

It’s rare that a one person show whose central theme surrounds depression and suicide could be so uplifting, genuinely funny and engage an audience fully as part of its performance. That was exactly the experience on Friday, April 18 at the Humboldt and District Gallery as it played host to “Every Brilliant Thing,” staged by Burnt Thicket Theatre. The theatre in the round experience was the final show both for the production’s Saskatchewan run through the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils, and the final Humboldt Show in the season’s OSAC lineup.  

Carlton Trail-Eagle Creek is an expansive federal riding which extends from Highway 6 on its eastern boundary to Maymont in the west. It includes the cities of Humboldt, Martensville and Warman. Running in the riding for the Liberal Party of Canada is Katelyn Zimmer. We talked to Zimmer as she busily crisscrossed the region about some of the key concerns facing prairie voters.  

With warmer weather and strong drying conditions, the Humboldt Fire Department warns about the possibility of grass fires.  

In a social media post, it says that the combination of dry grass, warmer temperatures and strong winds are the perfect mix for fast-moving wildfires this time of year. A spark from a cigarette, a fire pit or even a hot exhaust pipe can start a dangerous and uncontrollable blaze.  

During these conditions, the Fire Department advises: 

Bolt brain buster:

What is the largest island in the world?

Text your answers to the Humboldt Sobeys Talk and Text line 306-682-0107

Tune in to the morning show or check back tomorrow for the answer!

The Conservatives and NDP spent the weekend hunting votes in British Columbia — a key late-campaign battleground that one pollster says may offer Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre his best shot at victory.

Both Poilievre and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh addressed Canadians' cost-of-living concerns at campaign events in B.C. on Sunday.

Singh was asked if he was advocating strategic voting to shore up the party's flagging support against possible Conservative inroads in the region.

Pope Francis will be remembered by Canadian Catholics as a progressive leader whose approach to the papacy helped usher in a new era of Indigenous relations and make the church more responsive to its rank and file.

The Vatican says the pontiff died Monday at age 88.

Francis was the global leader of Canada's most popular organized religion. Nearly 11 million Canadians identified as Catholic in the 2021 census, second only to those without a religious affiliation.