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CN and CPKC took steps early Thursday morning to lockout over 9000 employees who are members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference after an agreement was not reached.

In a press release following the lockout, CN notes that they chose to lock out employees after the union did not respond to another offer by CN in a final attempt to avoid a labour disruption.

CN says over the last nine months they have negotiated in good faith

Downtown Humboldt will be buzzing with the return of Streetfest.  

On Friday and Saturday, Main Street in Humboldt will be closed off between 8th Avenue and 5th Avenue with all kinds of entertainment. 

Downtown BID President Alyssa Hergott hopes this weekend establishes the downtown core of Humboldt as an active and vibrant place.  

Saskatchewan (5-4-1) will try and snap their four-game winless skid when they head to Toronto to meet the Argonauts (5-4).  

Last week, the Roughriders suffered a heartbreaking 27-24 loss to the Montreal Alouettes. In his first game back from a six-game absence, QB Trevor Harris had 355 passing yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions. For his efforts, Harris was named to the CFL’s Week 11 Honour Roll, earning the top grade (93.9) from Pro Football Focus.  

You can leave your mark with a colourful creative design. 

 The Humboldt Museum's Community Chalk Art Day returns on Friday, August 23.  

Bring your own chalk or stop in the Museum while supplies last, to create your design that will shine on the streets. 

You can join artists Laura Kneeshaw and Dylan Burton for the fun.  

The province’s New Democrats say the faulty roll-out of an automated pay system is causing chaos in the health care system. 

Problems with the Administrative Information Managment System (AIMS), revealed in a leaked letter obtained by the Opposition, has led to delays in wages being paid to medical and health care professionals.  

In a first for Canada, freight traffic on its two largest railways has simultaneously ground to a halt, threatening to upend supply chains trying to move forward from pandemic-related disruptions and a port strike last year.

In the culmination of months of increasingly bitter negotiations, Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. locked out 9,300 engineers, conductors and yard workers after the parties disagreed on a new contract before the midnight deadline.

Yorkton’s Saskatchewan Trafficking Response Team (STRT) made a major bust, hauling in quantities of cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine following an extensive investigation.  

An RCMP release stated that two search warrants were executed on a business and a vehicle in Yorkton on August 20 which yielded approximately 373 grams of cocaine, approximately 70 grams of fentanyl, approximately 544 grams of methamphetamine, a large sum of cash and drug trafficking paraphernalia.  

Muenster native Tracy Muggli has been appointed to the Canadian Senate as announced on August 17. Muggli will begin sitting as one of the newest senators following her swearing in sometime in mid-September.  

Muggli currently serves as the Executive Director in St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon. She sits as a board member for St. Peter’s College in Muenster.  

Harvest season is right around the corner. It’s an important time to practice safety on the farm, although it’s also worthwhile to remind producers, families and other agriculture professionals that safety should be a year-round focus.

It’s why BASF is increasingly involved with initiatives that encourage safe agricultural environments.

Bolt Brain Buster:

What is the smallest country in the world by land area?

Text your answers to the Humboldt Sobeys Talk and Text line 306-682-0107

Tune in to the morning show or check back tomorrow for the answer!