SASKATOON, Saskatchewan -- Gordie Howe's ashes will be interred in a statue at a Saskatoon arena.
A Saskatoon official said Wednesday that the city has received permission from the province to inter the cremated remains of Howe and his wife, Colleen, at the base of a statue that honors him.
The family made the request this month, but the city needed to apply to the province to have the statue at SaskTel Centre and a small portion of adjacent area declared a cemetery.