Moo for Meat week one winner

Our Moo for Meat contest is in full swing and all you have to do is listen for our sound of the cow.

If you hear our friendly bovine mooing text us 'meat' for your chance to win! 

Congrats to this week's winner JoAnne Spence! 

You can enter in multiple times, every time you hear to moo, but you can only win once.

Lanigan residents celebrate groundbreaking of new daycare centre

The future is looking bright for a new daycare facility in Lanigan as citizens gather on Munster Street by the site for a celebratory burger barbecue and groundbreaking ceremony. The event was held on Thursday at 6:00 pm.  

The area for the new site sits just north of the existing school facilities which will soon be vacated for parking and drop-off amenities for the new school and the daycare.  

Past meets present and future with the Iron Triangle sculpture

The horse is out of the box! 

It sounds like a cute but cryptic metaphor. It’s literal after the unveiling of Humboldt’s latest public arts project just off Highway 5 in front of the Prairie Agricultural Machinery site. As part of the PAMI’s 50th anniversary celebration, community members and guests gathered outside on Thursday afternoon, June 26 for the reveal of the Iron Horse, a tribute to the vaunted Iron Triangle of regional manufacturers that has underpinned much of the region’s economy for decades.  

Federal Court approves Indian Hospitals class-action settlement

The Federal Court has approved a multi-billion-dollar class-action settlement for people who suffered abuse at federally run 'Indian hospitals' following out-of-court negotiations between Ottawa and Indigenous survivors.

The federal government ran 33 such hospitals between 1936 and 1981. The total compensation amount is expected to be between $3 billion and $5.3 billion.

A 49-year-old Canadian has died while in ICE custody in Florida

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Thursday that a 49-year-old Canadian has died while in its custody.

A detainee death notice from the agency, commonly known as ICE, said that Johnny Noviello was pronounced dead by the Miami Fire Rescue Department at 1:36 p.m. on June 23.

The agency said he was found unresponsive at 12:54 p.m. at a federal detention centre where he was being held pending deportation proceedings. Medical staff attempted CPR and defibrillation but were unsuccessful, the agency said.

50 Years of Progress: PAMI commemorates milestone anniversary

It was a celebration of both the past and the future on Thursday afternoon at Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) with their 50th Anniversary celebrations.  

The day included demonstrations of some of the tests that have been done at PAMI over the years, an open house, tours and some food trucks.