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The Masters Tournament will have some local flair to it.

Sherwood Park caddy Danny Sahl will be on the course helping out Canadian golfer, Corey Conners. 

The 43-year-old caddy has carved out quite an interesting career in professional golf. Born in Moose Jaw, Sahl has been playing the sport since he was just eight years old. 

Sahl and Conners are coming off a big win last weekend at the Valero Texas Open. The duo will look to make noise at Augusta this weekend. 

Outside of Conners, Sahl has also caddied for Canadian Mike Weir on the pro circuit. 

Fort Saskatchewan's reputation in the industrial heartland continues to grow. 

On Wednesday (April 5) Mayor Gale Katchur announced that Aurora Hydrogen has received the green light to build a demonstration plant at the Sherritt Technologies facility. 

“Sherritt International was the first industry to establish in Fort Saskatchewan back in the 1950s and I am proud to acknowledge that they are supporting the next phase of our energy transition,” said Katchur.

Church bells are to ring today in Humboldt at the same time as the deadly bus crash brought unimaginable tragedy to the small Saskatchewan city five years ago.

The bells at St. Augustine Church are to toll 29 times — one for each person who was on the bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos on April 6, 2018. Sixteen people died and 13 were injured after a transport truck went through a stop sign and into the path of a bus carrying the Saskatchewan junior hockey team.

The U17 AAA South Fort Chev Rangers are in the final stretch. 

After cruising through the first two rounds of playoffs, the team will now battle it out with the best of the best at provincials.

This year's tournament is being held in St. Albert and will begin today (Apr. 6) and run until Easter Sunday (Apr. 9) 

The team is coming off an extended break with their last game being played nearly two weeks ago. 

"It's been really good," said head coach Mason Hawkes. "We took a little rest time just to get our minds and bodies ready to go." 

A Sherwood Park couple left quite a generous donation to the Strathcona Community Hospital Foundation after passing away. 

The foundation announced last week that Mary and Alfred Kublik had posthumously gifted them with $1.8 million to help the hospital better serve the community. 

"We received a call from a law firm saying they had a cheque for us for $1.8 million as part of the estate of the Kubliks," said Ken Lesniak, the chair of the foundation.

The Sherwood Park Easter egg hunt is returning for its fourth year this weekend. 

The free event will take place on Saturday (Apr. 8) with families driving around the city searching for the eggs, while a toonie carnival takes place at 37 Athabascan Avenue. 

Egg hunting will be an all-day event that will run from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. while the toonie carnival will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Corey McEwen, the director of the event, says everyone is sure to have a good time. 

A retired veteran and postal superintendent amazed the community through his intricate art.

Local artist Len Arnott hosted his first-ever art gallery at the Shell Theatre between February and March.

Len's son, Kevin, said that his father began pursuing art after he retired.

"He didn't take any classes or anything, he just had a passion to paint what he sees," said Kevin. "He likes to paint landscapes and portraits."

BASF Canada Agricultural Solutions has launched its "Growing Home with BASF campaign".

Through the campaign BASF will invest $75,000 to help grow Prairie communities.

During the month of April individuals in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba can nominate organizations that help grow their communities to win one of the $25,000 prizes.

The Dairy Farmers of Canada are pleased with Ottawa's funding announcement of $333 million over ten years for the dairy sector.

The money is earmarked for research into new products and processing for solids non-fat (SNF).
 
DFC vice-president David Wiens says in order to have enough milk to supply the butter fat market there will be a surplus of SNF.

A train in Strathcona County partially derailed on Wednesday (Apr. 5) morning. 

In a Facebook post, Strathcona County said that emergency services were on the scene of a CN train derailment at Township Road 524 and Range Road 213.

In total, 17 cars derailed from the tracks, all of them carrying grain. The county says no dangerous goods were involved and no one was hurt.

CN has not spoken about the cause of the derailment. 

The area has been cleared and the track has re-opened.