Travelling the world with the Summer Reading Program

The quickest trip around the world begins when you turn the page.  

Kids in Humboldt have travelled the world this summer thanks to the Reid Thompson Public Library. 

Over the last couple of months, kids have been busy reading books with the Summer Reading Program with the theme “Around the World.” 

Head Librarian Emma Lewis says with just over a week left in the program, the kids have been busy this summer. 

Strong start for Saskatchewan teams at National Baseball Championships

It was a good day on Thursday for the Saskatchewan teams at the National Baseball Championships in Regina.

Team Saskatchewan opened the day with a 4-3 win over Quebec.

Joel Bauml had two hits and an RBI, while Tom Hooker had a hit and an RBI

In the late game, the Regina Trappers beat Nova Scotia 7-1.

Cole Bauml had two hits and drove in two runs.

Today Saskatchewan takes on Ontario at 10:00 am and the Regina Trappers meet Manitoba at 7:00 pm

Canola meeting results in three key initiatives

When it comes to restoring our canola trade with China, the Canadian canola industry wants to see action and engagement from all levels of government with everyone working together to protect our market share.

Premier Scott Moe along with his Agriculture Minister Darryl Harrison and Trade and Export Minister Warren Kaeding met with federal/provincial canola groups, as well as exporters, canola crush and value-added companies.

Canada Summer Games: Saskatchewan Women's Baseball and Volleyball teams head to quarterfinals

Team Saskatchewan's Women's Baseball team suffered their first loss at the Canada Summer Games on Thursday.

Nova Scotia beat Saskatchewan 9-7.

Humboldt's Camden Suchan got the start for Saskatchewan,

She pitched 6 innings, allowed 4 earned runs on 11 hits and had 7 strikeouts. 

Suchan also had a hit and a walk at the plate.

Saskatchewan will now meet Ontario in the quarterfinals on Saturday morning.

In Women's Volleyball

Saskatchewan completed a perfect round robin beating Manitoba 3-2. (23-25, 25-18, 18-25, 25-23, 15-13).

Canola meeting results in three key initiatives

Submitted by gvossler on Fri, 08/22/2025 - 10:30

When it comes to restoring our canola trade with China, the Canadian canola industry wants to see action and engagement from all levels of government with everyone working together to protect our market share.

Premier Scott Moe along with his Agriculture Minister Darryl Harrison and Trade and Export Minister Warren Kaeding met with federal/provincial canola groups, as well as exporters, canola crush and value-added companies.

Crown won't appeal hockey players' acquittals on sex assault charges: defence lawyer

Submitted by cory.knutt on Fri, 08/22/2025 - 10:21

The Crown will not appeal the acquittals of five former world junior hockey players after their high-profile sexual assault trial, one of the defence lawyers in the case said Thursday.

Daniel Brown, who represented Alex Formenton, said he has been informed of the prosecutors' decision. The Ministry of the Attorney General did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 

Formenton, Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote were all acquitted of sexual assault, and McLeod of a separate charge of being a party to the offence of sexual assault.

Air Canada ramping up operations to near full schedule by Friday

Submitted by cory.knutt on Fri, 08/22/2025 - 10:17

Air Canada says it expects to be operating close to its full network schedule by Friday. 

The airline says it is continuing to ramp up its operations in a press release Thursday. 

This comes after the airline reached a tentative deal with the union representing its flight attendants on Tuesday to end a strike that began on Saturday. 

The strike disrupted the airline's operations, resulting in the cancellation of flights. 

Mark Nasr, Air Canada's chief operations officer, said in the release that the airline is restoring operations ahead of its plan. 

Prairie sky lights up with storms near Humboldt, possible tornado near Cudworth

It was a light show across the prairie sky last night, and the Humboldt area was near the centre of it all.  

A couple of days of warm and humid weather came to a head with plenty of activity in the sky. 

Environment Canada Meteorologist Crawford Luke says the combination of a low pressure from northern Saskatchewan and another one from Montana and North Dakota created the severe thunderstorm event last night.  

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