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Canadian Tire and Tim Horton's
Anchor Phase
One of Quill Centre Development Underway on
Humboldt's West End |
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Martin
Blair of West Humboldt Properties of Calgary, unveiled plans
for the New Quill Centre big box development. The
regional centre will include a 30,000 sq ft
Canadian Tire with 18,000 sq ft garden centre and
gas bar along with Mark's Work Wearhouse. Tim
Hortons will also be part of phase one.
Negotiations are continuing with Wal-Mart and other retail business. Plans
allow for a total of 15 different stores. |
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Elgar Petersen Arena Renovations
Underway. |
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A new
sprinkler system is being installed in the Elgar
Petersen Arena. The renovations are part of the
one million renovation project at the Uniplex.
Sprinklers. a low-e ceiling, furnaces new board
system, and a new roof are all part of the
project. Work is also being completed at the
curling rink. |
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Work Begins on New Humboldt
Hospital |
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Construction on the new Humboldt Hospital began
this week. Workers assemble rebar for the pilings
for the buildings foundation. The 35 Million plus
construction project was awarded to Wright
Construction of Saskatoon. |
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Broncos bring the RBC Cup back
to Humboldt |
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The
community of Humboldt came out to welcome the
Humboldt Broncos and the RBC Cup Home on May 12th.
About 500 enthusiastic fans gathered at the EPA to
congratulate the team. The Broncos are an
important part of our community and put Humboldt
on the map across Canada. |
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Fields Department Store Opening
Here |
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Fields
department Store is opening in Humboldt. The store
is located on ninth street in the former Red Apple
Clearance Centre building.
Fields is a BC Based chain and is a division
of HBC. The store is the first of several retail
developments to come to Humboldt. |
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Broncos
Win Second Canadian Championship
in Five Years |
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The Broncos
won their second National championship in five
years on May 11 in Cornwall Ontario. Humboldt
defeated the Camrose Kodiaks 1-0 in a thrilling
final game to win the
Royal Bank Cup. Taylor Nelson made an
incredible, game saving stop with one second left
on the clock to seal the victory for Humboldt. |
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Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce
Meets in Humboldt |
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The
Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce met in Humboldt
for their annual meeting. Premier Brad Wall was
the Guest of Honour at the Friday luncheon. The
organizing committee and Humboldt won rave reviews
and was viewed as a great place to have a
convention. |
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Broncos Win Credential Cup Over Kindersley |
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The Broncos
won their second straight Credential Cup with a
game seven victory over the Kindersley Klippers.
Humboldt battled back from a three games to one
deficit to win the series. |
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Broncos Battle Kindersley in
SJHL Championship Series |
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Broncos
found themselves down two games to one to
Kindersley but battled back to win game three
Tuesday 4-2. The Broncos trailed 2-0 in the second
period but came back to defeat the Klippers, out
shooting them 41-17. The next game is Thursday in
Kindersley where the Broncos will try to even the
series. |
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| What Types of Businesses Does
Humboldt Need?
What types of businesses would you
like to see located to Humboldt?
E-mail your suggestions for our top ten poll.
These should be businesses you are willing to
support. We will later post the poll on our
website so you can rate them. This information
will be made available to potential investors and
may result in the creation of these businesses in
Humboldt.
e-mail
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Poll results for businesses you would like
Humboldt to have:
The following businesses have been suggested as
being needed in Humboldt. You submitted over 2200
votes, thanks for your interest!!
Tim Horton's lead the list with a
whopping 65.3% of the vote
Wal-Mart was second with 219 votes, Electronics
Store was third
followed by Canadian Tire, Radio Station, Hotel,
Boston Pizza, Shoe Store, Warehouse One, West 49,
Men's Wear, Below the Belt.
A number of these businesses
appear to be headed here and hopefully others will
follow.
Golden West Radio has submitted an application
to the CRTC to open a local FM station here. Our
new poll asks; What music format would you like
the proposed FM station to play? |
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