Humboldt

The Humboldt Hammerheads were back in the water this past weekend in Oxbow.  

Three members of the Hammerheads competed and all of them finished on the podium. 

Final results were still being compiled as of this time.

The 15U East Central Wolverines won the Saskatoon City 'A' Championship on Monday.  

In the championship final, the Wolverines defeated the U15A Phantoms 12-7. 

During the regular season, the Wolverines finished in second place with an 11-3-2 record.  

In Loving Memory Of
Emily Kemp

Of St. Paul Lutheran Home, Melville
and formerly of Humboldt, Saskatchewan,
wife of the late Roy Kemp

Emily entered her eternal rest on
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at St. Paul Lutheran Home.

She was 94 years of age.

FUNERAL SERVICE
Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 2:00pm
Chapel of Bailey's Funeral Home
Melville, Saskatchewan

A reminder to be monitoring water sources on a regular basis right now.

With temperatures increasing across the prairies livestock producers should be on the lookout for blue-green algae in dugouts, lakes, and reservoirs. 

Blue-green algae are naturally occurring bacteria that can be present in water bodies and commonly occur during calm, hot weather in water bodies with shallow, slow-moving, or still water that has sufficient nutrients. 

The proposed merger between Bunge and Viterra was finalized on July 2nd.  

According to the company's website, the new company marks the creation of a premier global agribusiness solutions company for food, feed and fuel. 

Bunge’s Chief Executive Officer Greg Heckman says it’s a defining moment for our company and our global team as we complete this transformative business combination.

Today is the last day to register for the Saskatchewan Archaeological Society’s Field Dig at Original Humboldt’s Telegraph Station. The dig is offered on July 5 and 6. (Note the July 5 date is booked up.) 

The event gives individuals and opportunity to be amateur archaeologists and potentially contribute to a collection of important artifacts from the site.  

Irma Leona Zerbin
September 7, 1926 – June 29, 2025

A new loan and training program offered by Sagehill Community Futures is custom made for budding entrepreneurs with a part-time side hustle who are looking to build.  

The Side Hustle Loan and Training Program has just been introduced to spark entrepreneurs to grow their small-scale ideas into viable businesses. Sagehill Community Futures CEO Susan Wehage, along with her staff and board, are always looking for new avenues of support. 

It’s all about superheroes and spokes with the Kids Bike Fest and Safety Quest coming up on Friday, July 4 from 9:30 am to 12 noon at the Humboldt Uniplex parking lot.  

The morning promises to be fun-filled and action packed with important elements of safety learning for good measure. The event includes a variety of activities with safety stations, bike decorating, a parade with prizes and more. The Bike Fest and Safety Quest is sponsored by the Humboldt Early Years Family Resource Centre and Safe Communities Humboldt. 

Airports were returning to normal operations Thursday after Canada's air traffic control service said some received bomb threats early in the morning.

Nav Canada said the early morning threats affected airports in Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver.

RCMP in Richmond, B.C., said they received a report of a threat at the Vancouver airport's Nav Canada control tower around 2 a.m. local time. The tower was evacuated and no threats were found after a search, the force said in a press release.