Blaine Weyland

July will get off to a scorching start around the Humboldt and surrounding area.  

On the heels of a warm Canada Day holiday, soaring temperatures will continue for the rest of the week.  

Environment and Climate Change Canada Meteorologist Brian Proctor explains the weather front that is producing the heat.

Former Humboldt Bronco Matthew Perkins has been invited to participate in the Vancouver Canucks Development Camp for the second straight season. 

The camp began on Monday and will end on Thursday. 

Perkins was selected by the Canucks in the fourth round (119th overall) of the 2023 NHL Draft.  

Rainfall was welcomed by local producers at the end of June as highlighted by the Crop Report from the Ministry of Agriculture.  

The rainfall along with cooler temperatures aided the crops which experienced an abnormal dry spring.  

Crops remained patchy and uneven leading to varied crop stages due to the poor spring moisture conditions.  

Lanigan Central High School’s Kyler Lone and Reese Stroeder have been named this year recipients of the 2025 Horizon Central Athletic Association scholarships.  

Kyler has been accepted into the Kinesiology and Education Combined Degree Program at the University of Saskatchewan and plans to become a teacher and a coach of high school athletics. 

Following last week’s schedule release, the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League has announced some key dates for the upcoming 2025-26 regular season.  

Martensville will host the Western All-Star Challenge between November 3-5. The camp will feature the best U19 players trying out for the World Junior ‘A’ Challenge, which will be held in Trois-Rivieres, QC. 

The East Central 15UAAA Dodgers picked up a Sunday sweep in their doubleheader against the North West Sun Devils in Muenster.  

In the first game, the Dodgers picked up a dominating 10-0 win. Reid Griffith had three hits and drove in three runs.  

Saywer Pollon also had three hits and scored twice.  

Kyler Fischer had two hits.  

The Saskatchewan Roughriders are the only team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) sitting at 4-0 following the first four weeks following a 37-18 win over the BC Lions. 

AJ Ouellette led the green and white with 139 rushing yards on the ground and added a touchdown.  

It was a battle between the backup quarterbacks on Saturday. Saskatchewan’s Jake Maier earned the win by tossing 170 passing yards with a touchdown and didn’t throw an interception.  

For the most part, the rain held off on Thursday night as another edition of the Summer Sizzler got underway at Civic Park. Many residents brought their lawn chairs and enjoyed a night of music featuring local talent including Jodie Hergott, Brian Grest, Ray Whitton, Walter Bushman, Dave Tomchysen and more. 

Along with the music, there was a fundraising barbecue with the proceeds going towards Arts Humboldt. 

Enjoy a sample of the music from Thursday night with the links and images below.

It could be a battle of the backup quarterbacks this week between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the BC Lions at Mosaic Stadium.  

Saskatchewan will turn to Jake Maier as the starting quarterback on Saturday for the first time since acquiring the 28-year-old from the Calgary Stampeders. Trevor Harris will miss this week’s game (Head/Illness).  

The Marysburg Royals suffered a rare loss on Thursday night as the Saskatoon River Pirates staged a late rally to edge out the Royals 7-6.  

Marysburg held a slim 6-5 lead heading into the bottom of the seventh inning before the River Pirates scored a pair of runs to complete the comeback. 

It was a back-and-forth game between the two squads, with Saskatoon opening with a two-run lead at the bottom of the first inning.