Humboldt

Premier Scott Moe announced his new cabinet, describing it as a smaller cabinet with a new minister in each position. Previously an 18-member cabinet, Saskatchewan will now have a 16 member-cabinet.  

The announcement was made on Thursday in Regina at the Government House, saying it’s a new beginning with the new government with a new mandate from the Saskatchewan voters. 

The Canadian Football League (CFL) announced their All-CFL team recognizing the top players at each player throughout the 2024 season.  

Five members of the Saskatchewan Roughriders were selected, with four players on defence and one on offence.  

Bernard Joseph Taphorn
February 24, 1941 – November 4, 2024

Marilyn Frey’s earthy and wholesome stories come from the heart, and they come from close to home. The first-time author grew up on a farm southwest of Middle Lake, and she’s preserved those formative years and a way of life gone by in her memoir “Reflections in a Farmhouse Window.” 

The author read from her book at the Reid-Thompson Library on Thursday, November 6. 

A group of Lake Lenore residents and students made a trek into the Saskatoon STARS Headquarters to make a special donation following a fundraising evening on October 18 at Jubilee Hall in Humboldt.  

With wintery conditions beginning to arrive in Saskatchewan, RCMP are cautioning motorists to proceed with caution on the roads. 

Before heading out, they recommend checking the Saskatchewan Highway Hotline. Travellers can access information on road conditions and track what roads have been plowed, salted, and/or sanded within the last two hours at hotline.gov.sk.ca/map. 

In next week’s school board elections in the Horizon School Division, there are two candidates seeking the trustee position for Subdivision 4.  

Subdivision 4 includes communities, Drake, Lanigan, Muenster, Englefeld and Watson. 

SGI will be using their November Traffic Safety Spotlight to remind everyone of the importance of designated drivers.  

Last year, drug and/or alcohol impairment was a factor in 32 per cent of traffic fatalities in Saskatchewan.   

Throughout the holiday season, there are options for a safe ride home including: 

-Take a cab, rideshare or use a designated driving service,  

Saskatchewan stepped up once again, as the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Radiothon raised $1,010,204 to improve care at Saskatchewan’s only children’s hospital. 

Broadcasting on 32 radio stations across the province on Tuesday and Wednesday, the radiothon aimed to raise funds for the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation to purchase state-of-the-art cardiac and respiratory equipment. 

The Royal Canadian Legion branch in Montreal’s Verdun borough meets once a week in a community centre space it rents by the hour, less than 500 metres from the elegant brick building it sold over a decade ago when maintenance costs got too high. 

After years of rising rents, a forced move and general instability, its members are happy to have somewhere to meet. But president Darlene Harrison says one question keeps coming back: “When are we going to have our own home again?”