Humboldt

The Reid Thompson Library welcomes Saskatchewan writer Marilyn Frey for a reading on Wednesday, November 6 at 6 pm.  

Marilyn Frey will be reading from her autobiography “Reflections in a Farmhouse Window.” Her memoir draws readers into a much simpler time in the 1960s and 1970s growing up on a farm in central Saskatchewan where hard work and discipline help develop a strong work ethic and character.” 

The No Stone Left Alone Memorial Foundation is a national organization that is spreading worldwide. Its mission is to honour and remember Canadian veterans by engaging youth in programming that fosters knowledge, understanding and appreciation of those who serve and of their sacrifice. 

The program will be taking place in Humboldt’s Public Cemetery on Monday, November 4 with students from Humboldt Public School participating. The students will arrive just before 11 am and perform the ceremony at the appointed hour of 11 am.  

On October 30, 2024, the Humboldt RCMP investigated a complaint of a broken vehicle window and theft of property at a business located in the RM of Three Lake near the community of Middle Lake, Saskatchewan. The occurrence happened at approximately 8:41 pm on October 29, 2024.

Anyone who may have information regarding this incident can contact the Humboldt/ Lanigan RCMP Detachment at 306-682-2535 or the information can be shared anonymously through Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-222-8477 or submitting a tip online at www.saskcrimestoppers.com.

You can enjoy some hockey action at the Watson Arena on Saturday and help out the local playschool. 

Teams from Muenster, Carrot River, Hague, Wadena, Cudworth and Warman will be competing in a U15 contact tournament. 

 There will be raffle and 50/50 draws with the proceeds going to the Watson Playschool. 

SGI recently released their 2023 Traffic Collision Statistical Report, outlining information about collisions in Saskatchewan recorded in the Traffic Accident Information System (TAIS).  

Total collisions noted in the report are down 5.8 per cent compared to 2022, with 28,238 recorded in the province in 2023.   

Maureen Anderson lost both her sons to their overseas service in the Canadian Army, even if they died years later and a continent away from the hot dust and violence of the Afghanistan war.

Growing up, Ron Anderson was more serious, “a little fighter,” his mother recalls. His younger brother Ryan was quieter, softer. Both joined the military before they finished high school, already certain of what their career paths would be.

“My boys were very kind to me, and I miss them terribly,” Anderson said in an interview this week from her home in Oromocto, N.B. 

Mounties have dismantled what they say is the largest, most sophisticated illicit drug "superlab" in Canada that had been acting as a "supermarket" for organized crime. 

Police say the lab mass produced and distributed the powerful opioid fentanyl and methamphetamine across Canada and internationally.

David Teboul, assistant commissioner with the RCMP's Pacific region, told a news conference Thursday that dismantling the lab “undoubtedly saved thousands of lives in Canada and abroad.” 

Blackleg is a disease in canola mainly caused by the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans. It’s a serious disease that affect canola plants in the seedling stage by attaching to the stems and working up the stem as it grows, inhibiting the movement of water and nutrients within the plant. It can cause upwards of 50% yield reduction in severe cases. Blackleg was first spotted in western Canada in 1975 in north-east Saskatchewan. 

As a part of the ongoing investigation conducted by the Sask. RCMP General Investigation Section, charges were laid on Thursday, and a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Prince Albert man that led to an emergency alert on October 24.

27-year-old Dallas Fulton is facing a number of charges including:

Residential school survivors are calling on Canada to criminalize residential school denialism, echoing one of the findings in a report about unmarked graves and burial sites associated with the institutions.

Doug George, a survivor of the Mohawk Institute, said Canadians need to acknowledge the schools' place in history and to ensure the children who died are not silenced.