Blaine Weyland

Canada Day celebrations will be taking place across the country on Tuesday and the communities of Watrous and Manitou Beach will be teaming up for a series of activities and events for residents and visitors.  

To start the day, there will be a pancake breakfast at the Watrous Civic Centre from 8-10am.  

The RM of Wolverine joins the RM of Humboldt in issuing an immediate fire ban due to the extremely dry conditions and the increased risk of wildfires.  

The fire ban will be in place until further notice.  

A five-run seventh inning was the insurance the Marysburg Royals needed as they downed the Saskatoon Hoppers 9-1.  

Marysburg improved their record to 4-1 on the season. 

The Royals seventh inning rally included Mick Reuve walk for an RBI. Dakota Smith srove in a pair of runs with a single. Curtis Streuby also contributed with an RBI single, and Tom Hookers capped off the inning with a sacrifice fly. 

The Humboldt Broncos have received a commitment from 2007-born defenceman Ben Fofonoff for the 2025-26 season. 

The Williams Lake, BC product spent the past season with the Caribou Cougars U18 AAA program registering 25 points (3G-22A) in 36 games. He finished with the most points for defencemen with the Cougars and ranked 7th among defencemen in the league.  

*Update*-4:00 pm

The suspicious package has been neutralized, and Main Street is now open to traffic. 

Smaller areas maybe cordoned off as the investigation continues. 

Canora RCMP continue to investigate with the assistance of the Saskatchewan RCMP’s Explosive Disposal Unit, Forensic Identification Services and Saskatoon Provincial General Investigation Section.

Humboldt RCMP are asking the public’s assistance in identifying a pair of individuals and/or vehicle involved with mischief with a local business. 

On Monday, May 19 at around 1am, video surveillance places a dark coloured 4 door Ford hatchback car with no visible license plate and two occupants driving into a business compound on 4th Avenue, checking for easily accessible storage units.  

Three individuals have been charged following a firearm being discharged on the James Smith Cree Nation this past weekend. 

According to an RCMP investigation, it was determined that the suspects entered a residence sometime between 11:30 p.m. on Friday, May 16 and 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 17 and were armed with firearms and threatened residents, before discharging a firearm and injuring an adult male, and assaulted other adult occupants. 

One member of the Humboldt Collegiate Institute (HCI) Mohawks football team is stepping out of the huddle and onto the national stage, earning a coveted spot among Canada’s top football prospects.  

One local girl’s big prize on the lake has led to some hardware on land. 

This past weekend, Alexis Klashinsky attended the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation Banquet in Balgonie.  

She received the 1st place award for catching the largest Pike in her age category (24 lb 10 oz). Klashinsky was able to reel in the fish during her family’s annual ice fishing trip at Tobin Lake in March of 2024.Alexis was 11 at the time when she reeled in the big prize. 

Alexis credits her family, especially her dad, Dayton for inspiring her love of the outdoors. 

Humboldt RCMP is asking help from the public in identifying a person or vehicle of interest in regard to a hit and run incident. 

On April 4th, a hit and run occurred to a parked vehicle at a business on the west end of Humboldt. 

Images of the individual are located below, the vehicle appears at the top of the story.