Blaine Weyland

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.  

Earlier this week, a change was made to Breast Cancer screening eligibility was made for women in Saskatchewan, with required age lowered to 45-years-old.  

This change is part of a strategy to lower the screening age within the province to 40-years-old within the next 12 months. Lowering the screening age is aimed towards detecting breast cancer at an earlier age.  

There has been a large increase in active wildfires in the province over the last week.  

As of 4:00 pm on Wednesday afternoon, there are 65 active wildfires in Saskatchewan. 

Vice President of Operations with the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) noted the weekend weather brought both rain and lightning.  

There will be a power outage in the community of Imperial tomorrow, Thursday July 3 from 10 am until 5 pm.  

The power outage will allow workers to improve the power system in the area. 

For updates on the outage, you can visit saskpower.com/outages 

SaskPower apologizes for the inconvenience and thanks residents for their patience. 

July will get off to a scorching start around the Humboldt and surrounding area.  

On the heels of a warm Canada Day holiday, soaring temperatures will continue for the rest of the week.  

Environment and Climate Change Canada Meteorologist Brian Proctor explains the weather front that is producing the heat.

Former Humboldt Bronco Matthew Perkins has been invited to participate in the Vancouver Canucks Development Camp for the second straight season. 

The camp began on Monday and will end on Thursday. 

Perkins was selected by the Canucks in the fourth round (119th overall) of the 2023 NHL Draft.  

Rainfall was welcomed by local producers at the end of June as highlighted by the Crop Report from the Ministry of Agriculture.  

The rainfall along with cooler temperatures aided the crops which experienced an abnormal dry spring.  

Crops remained patchy and uneven leading to varied crop stages due to the poor spring moisture conditions.  

Lanigan Central High School’s Kyler Lone and Reese Stroeder have been named this year recipients of the 2025 Horizon Central Athletic Association scholarships.  

Kyler has been accepted into the Kinesiology and Education Combined Degree Program at the University of Saskatchewan and plans to become a teacher and a coach of high school athletics. 

Following last week’s schedule release, the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League has announced some key dates for the upcoming 2025-26 regular season.  

Martensville will host the Western All-Star Challenge between November 3-5. The camp will feature the best U19 players trying out for the World Junior ‘A’ Challenge, which will be held in Trois-Rivieres, QC. 

The East Central 15UAAA Dodgers picked up a Sunday sweep in their doubleheader against the North West Sun Devils in Muenster.  

In the first game, the Dodgers picked up a dominating 10-0 win. Reid Griffith had three hits and drove in three runs.  

Saywer Pollon also had three hits and scored twice.  

Kyler Fischer had two hits.