84-year-old woman dies in collision near Duck Lake

 

An 84-year-old female from Prince Albert has died following a fatal collision near Duck Lake.  

The incident occurred at the intersection of Highway #11 and Highway #212, with two vehicles colliding on Friday, August 22, shortly after 2:30 pm.  

No other injuries have been reported.  

Rosthern RCMP continue to investigate 

Saskatchewan Roughriders lead in the west shrinks to two points following 32-15 loss to Calgary

 

Through the first half of the 2025 Canadian Football League (CFL) regular season has a record 8-0 against six of their eight CFL opponents. 

The one team that has had the Roughriders number this year is the Calgary Stampeders.  

On Saturday, the Stampeders completed a two-game sweep over the Roughriders after a 32-15 victory at McMahon Stadium.  

Harvest edition of Meal in the Field begins with the Dyok Family

The 2025 Harvest edition of Meal of the Field with Bolt FM & Discover Humboldt got underway on Thursday with a visit to the lucky winners of Week 1, Al & Lana Dyok who farm near Quill Lake.  

Lana was the one who entered the Dyok family in the sweepstakes and they were rewarded with a delicious meal courtesy of Boston Pizza.  

This year, the Dyok farm has seeded green and yellow peas, wheat and new this year, fava beans.  

A best of the west battle set in Calgary between Roughriders and Stampeders

It will be the toughest test so far in the 2025 Canadian Football League on Saturday for the Saskatchewan Roughriders as they meet the Calgary Stampeders. 

The only blemish on the Roughriders record was a 24-10 loss to the Stampeders on July 12, in a game that was postponed for a day due to poor air quality from the northern wildfires.  

Humboldt RCMP searching for information about a theft of a vehicle

The Humboldt RCMP is seeking information about the theft of a vehicle that occurred between July 13 and 14 on 1100 block of 9th Street. 

Items were taken from the vehicle including a black purse, white gym bag, green air pods, ID and cash. Some of the property and one piece of ID was recovered loose on 9th Street. 

Travelling the world with the Summer Reading Program

The quickest trip around the world begins when you turn the page.  

Kids in Humboldt have travelled the world this summer thanks to the Reid Thompson Public Library. 

Over the last couple of months, kids have been busy reading books with the Summer Reading Program with the theme “Around the World.” 

Head Librarian Emma Lewis says with just over a week left in the program, the kids have been busy this summer. 

Strong start for Saskatchewan teams at National Baseball Championships

It was a good day on Thursday for the Saskatchewan teams at the National Baseball Championships in Regina.

Team Saskatchewan opened the day with a 4-3 win over Quebec.

Joel Bauml had two hits and an RBI, while Tom Hooker had a hit and an RBI

In the late game, the Regina Trappers beat Nova Scotia 7-1.

Cole Bauml had two hits and drove in two runs.

Today Saskatchewan takes on Ontario at 10:00 am and the Regina Trappers meet Manitoba at 7:00 pm

Canada Summer Games: Saskatchewan Women's Baseball and Volleyball teams head to quarterfinals

Team Saskatchewan's Women's Baseball team suffered their first loss at the Canada Summer Games on Thursday.

Nova Scotia beat Saskatchewan 9-7.

Humboldt's Camden Suchan got the start for Saskatchewan,

She pitched 6 innings, allowed 4 earned runs on 11 hits and had 7 strikeouts. 

Suchan also had a hit and a walk at the plate.

Saskatchewan will now meet Ontario in the quarterfinals on Saturday morning.

In Women's Volleyball

Saskatchewan completed a perfect round robin beating Manitoba 3-2. (23-25, 25-18, 18-25, 25-23, 15-13).

Prairie sky lights up with storms near Humboldt, possible tornado near Cudworth

It was a light show across the prairie sky last night, and the Humboldt area was near the centre of it all.  

A couple of days of warm and humid weather came to a head with plenty of activity in the sky. 

Environment Canada Meteorologist Crawford Luke says the combination of a low pressure from northern Saskatchewan and another one from Montana and North Dakota created the severe thunderstorm event last night.