Humboldt

Canada's beef sector would like to see an end to the labour dispute at the Cargill Dunlop facility in Guelph.

The Canadian Cattle Association (CCA), National Cattle Feeders’ Association (NCFA) and Beef Farmers of Ontario note that the beef sector relies on a resilient processing industry across the country.

Members of UFCW Local 175 walked off the job in May, and there are no signs of an immediate resolution.

The Cargill Dunlop facility is the major processing facility for Canada’s largest fed-cattle region after Alberta.

It wasn’t the result they wanted on Monday night, but the town of Imperial is still glad to call Edmonton Oilers Head Coach Kris Knoblauch one of their own.   

A strong turnout gathered inside the Imperial Arena to cheer on the local product and the Oilers' attempt to make history in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Florida Panthers. The evening included a brisket supper hosted by the Volunteer Fire Department, and the hockey game was viewed on a big screen.  

Bernice Mary Stuckel
May 2, 1929 – June 12, 2024

Alberta's Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit program is helping to build the first state-of-the-art milk concentration plant in Canada.

Under the program, DIW Buildings & Land Corporation has qualified for conditional approval for a tax credit of about $7.6 million.

DIW Buildings & Land Corporation (Dairy Innovation West) is a collaboration between Alberta Milk, Dairy Farmers of Manitoba, SaskMilk, and the BC Dairy Association.

With a heavy storm leaving its mark on the southeast crops in the area have been one of the main recipients of heavy hail.

Farmers are hoping that the hail hits them soft enough that their crops will be able to grow well enough for the rest of the summer season.

Edgar Hammermeister, a local agrologist, chatted with farmers to see just how the southeast area fared in the storm.

Livestock producers are looking for a good stretch of warm, dry weather to get this year's hay crop in.

Livestock and Feed Extension Specialist Natasha Wilkie says as the forage matures, the quality decreases over time, while the quantity of the forage increases over time.

Ideally, producers are looking for that sweet spot when those two lines intersect, that's when you'll have your greatest quality with your highest yield.

She says if you're looking for a general rule of thumb, alfalfa quality is greatest in the early stages.

Canada Day will see a first-ever baseball showcase come to James Korte Field in Muenster. The venue will host the first Saskatchewan Premier Baseball League All-Star Games on July 1.  

Chad Hofmann is the vice-president of the SPBL which includes the best ball players in the 18U and 15U categories in the province. He outlines the pair of games scheduled to take place. 

In 1973, twelve men from different countries embarked on a daring expedition to prove that pre-Columbian natives from what is now Ecuador could conceivably have traversed the Pacific Ocean to Australia in hand fashioned balsa wood rafts.  

As if to ensure its success, the clouds tumbled menacingly around the Humboldt Music and Food Festival on Saturday but left the skies blue over the festive event. Hundreds gathered through the course of two days in celebration of Filipino, Canadian and other cultures in the festival’s third year.  

Bands took the stage throughout the day and into the evening, pulsing with jubilant music. Dance groups delighted crowds with their beautiful movements, all explained and interpreted for the audience.  

Humboldt/Lanigan RCMP is asking for the public’s help in tracking down thieves in a pair of incidents.  

Sometime during the early morning of June 10, 2024, a red Earthquake Chipper Shredder was stolen from a business along highway 5 in Humboldt. The suspect arrived riding a pedal bike. The matter is still under investigation by the Humboldt RCMP detachments.