Blaine Weyland

The 2024 SJHL Draft was a part of a busy day for the Humboldt Broncos on Tuesday. Along with their draft picks, the Broncos made a couple trades.  

Following the selection of defenceman Tatum Fouquette during the first round, Humboldt acquired his brother, Tre Fouquette from the Nipawin Hawks. In return, the Broncos sent the 22nd pick in both the 2008 and 2009 portions of the 2024 draft, a 2025 1st round selections in both the 2009 and 2010 sections of the draft to Nipawin. 

The Humboldt Broncos along with the other 11 teams in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey (SJHL) began restocking the prospect pool with the 2024 SJHL Draft on Tuesday. 

With the 10th overall selection in the 2009 born player portion of the draft, the Broncos selected Prince Albert Defenceman Tatum Fouquette.  

Last season with the U15 AA Prince Albert Pirates, Fouquette had 42 points (28G-14A) in 27 games.  

Over the last month, there has been much activity at Old Humboldt with the work done by the University of Saskatchewan Archaeology Field School. 

On Wednesday, there will be an open invitation for the public to come to view the findings of the work that has been done at Old Humboldt. 

SaskPower has announced that there will be a planned power outage tomorrow, Wednesday June 12 in Aberdeen. The outage is being done to allow for system

maintenance that will begin at 9:00 am and will last until 4:00 pm and will affect customers west of Central Avenue. 

SaskPower thanks their customers for their cooperation and understanding. 

The rain didn't put a damper on the flag raising ceremony at Civic Park for the beginning of Pride Week in Humboldt on Monday. 

Starting with the flag raising, it will be busy week full of activities.

Humboldt and Area Pride Network Founder and Chair Andrew Matheson says they want to show inclusion, diversity and to fight for diverse communities. 

With the SJHL Draft coming up Tuesday, the Humboldt Broncos have added an extra draft pick.

They acquired the 21st overall selection of the 2009 portion of the draft on Monday from the Notre Dame Hounds in exchange for Future Considerations.

The SJHL Draft gets underway at 3:00, the Broncos currently own the 10th overall pick. 

With seeding complete, another series of Meals in the Field came to a close with a visit to the Voldeng Farm near Spalding. 

The Voldengs and crew enjoyed a meal that was provided by Ditches Den in Spalding, to help celebrate a successful end to the seeding. 

Originally starting out as a hog farm, Rod Voldeng said he and his brother bought the farm from their father. In 2008, the Voldengs decided to move away from the hogs and transitioned into grain farming.

Mechanics and mother nature co-operated with the Voldengs for the spring seeding according to Rod.

SaskPower has announced there will be planned outage tomorrow, Tuesday June 11 in Manitou Beach. 

The outage is scheduled to begin at 8:00 am until 4:00 pm and will affect customers east of John Street. 

SaskPower thanks customers for their cooperation and understanding. 

The SSHSA Provincial Track and Field Championships took place on Friday and Saturday in Saskatoon. 

As a District, HCAA finished 6th out of 14 districts that were competing with 16 individual medals, 2 team medals, and 1 aggregate medal. 

The Humboldt Broncos have announced that 2005-born forward Kye Benoche has committed to the team for the upcoming 2024/25 season.

Benoche,a Campbell River, BC product split last season with the BCHL's Coquitlam Express and NCDC's New Jersey Rockets. 

After spending 18 games with Coquitlam, he had 22 points (8G-14A) in 23 games in New Jersey. He also added 4 goals in 3 playoff games.