Humboldt

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is headed to Italy on Wednesday to attend the annual G7 leaders' summit, which is taking place as two major geopolitical conflicts weigh on the international community.

The three-day summit kicks off on Thursday in Apulia, Italy, where leaders of the seven wealthy democratic nations are expected to discuss the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas wars, the energy transition, artificial intelligence, migration and collaboration with Africa.

Two men with SpaceX descended on a Saskatchewan farm in a moving truck Tuesday to retrieve cosmic junk that fell earlier this year from one of its spacecraft.

The workers, who didn't give their names while at the farm near Ituna, lugged the large scorched pieces of carbon fibre and aluminum into the back of the U-Haul before leaving.

They declined to say why the fragments failed to burn up before slamming into the field, what spacecraft the pieces came from, where the wreckage was going and what the company plans to do with it. 

The province originally announced plans for the Saskatchewan Marshals Service in November 2022, with legislation laying the foundation for the new police service being introduced on November 7, 2023.

Chief Marshal Rob Cameron was hired a few weeks later and comes to the job with an extensive career in law enforcement.

Following his retirement from the RCMP, he served as the province's executive director of policing and, in 2019, was appointed as the assistant deputy minister for policing and community safety services.

Cattle producers across the Prairies still have time to purchase calf insurance under the Livestock Price Insurance program. 

The program allows producers to manage their risk by providing protection against unexpected drops in prices over a defined period of time.

Saskatchewan's program coordinator, Jodie Griffin, says the calf price insurance deadline is Thursday, June 13th for producers in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.

She notes they've seen a lot of interest in the calf program and strong interest in the feeder program as well.

Fifteen times a day, Dylan Haussecker could look to the sky and know his work was flying above his head at a speed of almost eight kilometres per second.

Haussecker, who is graduating from the University of Saskatchewan (USask) this spring with degrees in electrical engineering and computer science, was a core member of the student team that designed and built the first made-in-Saskatchewan satellite in space.

The adage ‘rain while the sun shines, rain all day tomorrow’ has played out true in late May and June. Unsettled weather has plenty of moisture circulating across the prairies with intermittent bursts of sunshine and temperatures at or below normal. 

The Humboldt area has seen wave after wave of rainfall in the past few weeks, and that pattern may be set to last says Rose Carlsen, meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada.  

The low bass rumble of motorcycles on Highway 5 returns this summer with the horsepower behind St. Gregor’s Shake Rattle and Roll happening on Saturday, June 22. The annual ride and festivities are a great fundraiser for Parkinson’s Disease Research and the St. Gregor Community Club. This year, there’s a new added twist with the Shake Rattle and Race.  

The Humboldt Broncos along with the other 11 teams in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey (SJHL) began restocking the prospect pool with the 2024 SJHL Draft on Tuesday. 

With the 10th overall selection in the 2009 born player portion of the draft, the Broncos selected Prince Albert Defenceman Tatum Fouquette.  

Last season with the U15 AA Prince Albert Pirates, Fouquette had 42 points (28G-14A) in 27 games.  

Over the last month, there has been much activity at Old Humboldt with the work done by the University of Saskatchewan Archaeology Field School. 

On Wednesday, there will be an open invitation for the public to come to view the findings of the work that has been done at Old Humboldt. 

Workers at Canada's borders are no longer planning to go on strike this week after their union reached a tentative agreement with the federal government.

The Public Service Alliance of Canada said Tuesday it reached a deal with the government for Canada Border Services Agency employees after working "around the clock." 

If such an agreement couldn't be hammered out, the union had been planning for a strike of more than 9,000 members beginning 12:01 a.m. on Friday.