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What is the official animal of Saskatchewan? 

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Answer: white tail deer

Unionized workers at Canada Post are entering their final day to vote on the Crown corporation's latest contract offer.

Voting is set to wrap up today at 5 p.m., with results expected to be shared shortly after.

The offer includes wage hikes of about 13 per cent over four years but also adds part-time workers that Canada Post has said are necessary to keep the postal service afloat.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has urged the roughly 55,000 postal service workers it represents to reject the proposal.

Canada was hit with 35 per cent tariffs on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump followed through on his threat to increase the duties if Ottawa didn't make a trade deal.

The White House has said the tariffs would not affect goods compliant with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade, commonly known as CUSMA.

Prime Minister Mark Carney had tempered expectations of an agreement by Friday, saying Ottawa will only agree to a deal "if there's one on the table that is in the best interests of Canadians."

In an effort to protect properties in high-risk flood zones, the government is changing the flood risk evaluations. The provincial government announced on July 31, 2025, they are adopting a one-in-200-year flood standard which aligns with the regulations of ‘The Planning and Development Act of 2007’.

This alignment is to ensure Saskatchewan communities can build and grow in a sustainable way especially where flood risk is high.

We’re excited to officially welcome Blaine Weyland as the new Play-by-Play Announcer for the Humboldt Broncos!

A proud Humboldt native, Blaine grew up with the Elgar Petersen Arena quite literally in sight—watching the rink from his kitchen window and developing a lifelong passion for Broncos hockey. He spent over a decade in Humboldt Minor Hockey and has continued to stay closely connected to the game ever since.

Hockey Canada announced on the weekend the coaching staff that will lead the Canadian squad at the 2026 World Junior Hockey Championships in Minnesota.  

One member of the staff is Humboldt’s Brad Lauer, who will serve as an assistant coach. 

Humboldt’s residential expansion is well under way with the creation of 11 new lots on the east side of 101st Street in the city’s south end.  

On Monday, July 28 at the regular meeting, City Council entertained a report on the proposed table of prices for those lots to be sold to public homebuilders or private contractors. The offers are going up as the City is investigating the costs for providing services to the lots, the report says.  

An exciting new art exhibition opens at the Humboldt and District Gallery on Friday, August 1.  

Celeste Dumonceaux Delahey is a Saskatchewan landscape painter living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. From the beginning she was drawn to painting the landscape and was particularly attracted to the beautiful prairie scenes, especially clouds and skies. She is passionate about painting the prairies and enjoys using bold colours to depict the landscape, as seen in her exhibit, Colour Me Prairie. 

The Marysburg Royals will try and stake their claim as the top team in Saskatchewan this weekend as they compete in the Senior AA Tier Provincial 1 Championships in Saskatoon. 

This year’s event will feature seven teams including the Royals, which is something that Curtis Strueby of the Royals is pleased with. 

“It’s a good sign for senior baseball at our level in our province,” he said, “should be a good competitive weekend.” 

Saskatchewan has once again secured its position as Canada's most attractive jurisdiction for mining investment, according to the 2024 Annual Survey of Mining Companies released by the Fraser Institute. The province ranked first nationally and seventh globally out of 82 jurisdictions assessed by 350 industry stakeholders.