Humboldt

The Wardens are on the way! 

The intrepid band of musicians are making their way out of Alberta’s high country National Parks and on their way to the flatlands of the prairies for a performing tour, and one of their stops is in Humboldt at the Gallery on Tuesday, October 29. The concert is presented by the Humboldt and Area Arts Council.  

The Wardens come by their name honestly, explains band member and retired National Park game warden Scott Ward.  

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has resisted calls for his resignation for more than a year now but in recent weeks those calls have grown louder and in some cases more public.

The Liberal caucus meets Wednesday and Trudeau is expected to be confronted by a group of MPs who have banded together to try and finally convince him to go.

Here’s what you need to know ahead of this meeting. 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will face down his own caucus members in a hotly anticipated meeting this morning, as several of them plan to try to convince him to step aside.

Rumours have circulated for weeks about an undisclosed number of Liberal MPs who have signed on to the effort to oust the prime minister in the hopes of improving the party's chances in the next election. 

That promises to make the regular weekly caucus meeting on Parliament Hill extra tense, as Trudeau has showed no signs of stepping down from the top job.

Ottawa marked the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on Parliament Hill Tuesday, but for the family of the reservist who was killed that day the memory is still raw.

"I can't believe it's been 10 years. It felt like it was yesterday," said Ephraim Cirillo after a private family ceremony held at the National War Memorial Tuesday morning.

Wilma Irene (nee Horvath) Hugie
May 20, 1934 – October 19, 2024

Allan Joseph Schreiner
June 9, 1943 – October 19, 2024

It is with great sadness that the family announces the peaceful passing of Allan Joseph Schreiner, 81 years, of Humboldt, SK, on Saturday, October 19, 2024 at Royal University Hospital with his family by his side.

The Humboldt and District Chamber of Commerce will host the second of two forums, this one the Municipal Candidate Forum, on Thursday, October 24 at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall. The event takes place from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. 

Joe Von Doellen of the Chamber will once again act as moderator.  

You’ve got one more weekend to take in the full-on spooky experience that is the Festival of Frights at the Humboldt Vintage Club just south of Humboldt. The experience has been running for a couple of weeks, and the response of those who have dared the haunted and cavernous space has been beyond enthusiastic, says Mike Yager with the Festival of Frights.  

“We’re very happy with the number of people who have come through the front doors and left screaming out the back,” Yager laughs.  

SaskPower is planning for a power outage for today, Tuesday, October 22, 2024

The outage will affect residents of Humboldt Lake (0 Block of Pape Drive) and residents southeast of Humboldt. Power services will be interrupted between 9 am and 2:00 pm.

SaskPower thanks customers for their patience and understanding. 

The Saskatchewan Provincial election is just a week away, with the province's parties looking at what they can do for the agriculture sector.

That includes working with other provinces and the federal government and responding to disaster years such as the droughts that have come up through the 2020s.

Trent Wotherspoon is one provincial candidate, who served as the Saskatchewan NDP's official critic for agriculture, finance, and transportation during his previous term.