Humboldt

A Saskatoon high school student remembers the pungent smell of burned hair going up her nose, and something like the strong scent from a Sharpie marker, moments after she watched a schoolmate being set on fire.

She had just stepped out of her Grade 9 social studies class for lunch on Thursday, she says, when she saw two other girls in a hallway. A girl in a crop top poured liquid from a black canister onto the head of the girl standing next to her.

When a father and son were arrested this summer in Ontario over an alleged terrorist plot, U.S. authorities say the news spooked a 20-year-old Pakistani national and Canadian resident named Muhammad Shahzeb Khan.

They say Khan used encrypted messaging to warn that because of the arrests "here in Toronto," there was a need to "lay low" on his own alleged plans: killing as many Jewish people as possible in New York around the Oct. 7 anniversary of Hamas' attack on Israel.

Tributes poured in Friday for Grand Chief Cathy Merrick of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, who died after collapsing outside the Winnipeg Law Courts building. 

Merrick, the first woman elected to the role, was talking to reporters about two court cases when she said she felt dizzy and fell to the ground. 

Fire and paramedic crews arrived, performed chest compressions and carried Merrick away on a stretcher to an ambulance, which sped off with its siren on.

For the first time in the 2024-25 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) season, the Humboldt Broncos will meet an opposing team, as they kick off the preseason tonight in Kindersley against the Klippers tonight.  

Last weekend, the Broncos held their training camp at the Elgar Petersen Arena, giving Head Coach Brayden Klimosko a chance to view his new team on the ice. His first impression of the squad was a positive one.  

Daniel Henry Schmitz
April 2, 1954 – September 4, 2024

Tom Miller, a Craik area producer is trying to regroup after a long stressful ordeal and trial on charges of animal neglect that resulted in the Crown staying the charges against him before the closing arguments were heard.

The decision to "stay the charges" means that the trial and verdict have been put on hold, however, the charges are still in play and can be enacted anytime within the next year.

Miller says it's been a long haul, but it showed I was right.

The Week 3 winners of the 2024 Harvest Edition of Meal in the Field were Brandon Arnst and his family from the Leroy/Jansen area. 

Arnst said the family farm began operation with his grandpa during the 40’s. The terrain has evolved with the bush being removed over the years.  

Along with his father, Brandon operates the farm with his sister and brother-in-law.  

It will be a fresh crop of local depth for the Saskatchewan Roughriders (5-6-1) when they head to Winnipeg to meet the Blue Bombers (6-6) on Saturday. 

Motorists heading on Highway 2 north of the Highway 5 junction need to be prepared for another detour coming on Thursday, September 12.  

CN will be upgrading the crossing on Highway 2 north of the Highways 2 and 5 junction on September 12 to smooth out what has been a slow zone crossing on the north Highway detour to Saskatoon.  

Repair and paving are scheduled to begin at 7:00 am and should be wrapped up by 7 pm the same day.  

Hats off to the Humboldt Cultural Services and all the affiliated agencies and partners for another great season of barbecues and music in downtown Humboldt. 

Thursday, September 5 saw the final barbecue of the season, this one in support of Humboldt and District Special Olympics. The Special O volunteers and participants were out serving up beautifully grilled burgers on a sunny and windy afternoon.