Halcro or St. Andrews is a district in

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north of

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and south of

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. Adjacent to the

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, it was initially settled by Anglo-Metis from

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in the 1870s. Halcro is located in the

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biome.

Education

Red Deer Hill has an elementary school called Osborne. It is located on Osborne Road and is a part of the

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. Osborne opened in the late 1960s. It at one time had over 200 students. It is now down to about 95.

Religion

Halcro has an

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church with a cemetery. The church is called St. Andrew's and located on Halcro Church Road. Early in 2006, the church was vandalized and the consensus was to demolish it. But after a meeting was held in

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, they decided that the foundation was in good enough condition that it could be fixed.

References

Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan Prince Albert No. 461, Saskatchewan Division No. 15, Saskatchewan {{SKDivision15-geo-stub