Humboldt

Applications are now available for the new School Playground Equipment Grant program. 

Eligible projects can receive up to $50,000 in matching funds to build a new playground. The funds can also be used towards adding new equipment or replacing current components of an existing playground.  

Residents and stakeholders of the Village of Muenster are invited to attend an important community meeting on Tuesday, September 9 at 7:00 p.m., taking place at the Muenster School Gymnasium. Organized by the Village of Muenster, the meeting is a chance for community members to get updated on key municipal developments and provide direct feedback to Council and staff. 

There’s another concert coming up at the Watson Legion Hall. This one is slated for Saturday, October 4 at 7:30 pm.  

Kateryna Grace & Marko will be performing at this special fall outing.  

Saskatchewan is home to over 100,000 bodies of water.  

Which means there’s a possibility someone might find themselves in a sinking or submerged vehicle. 

Humboldt residents will have a chance to have a final say in a proposal to assign a plot of land just east of Caleb Village on Ogilvie Avenue to residential construction. As part of the process to consider a bylaw to amend the City of Humboldt Official Community Plan Bylaw No 03/2016 in an effort to have the land assigned as residential.  

The plot is currently listed as “Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces” and is currently used primarily as a gravel parking lot for events at Glenn Hall Park.  

With harvest underway throughout the province, SaskPower is reminding producers to keep safety in mind. 

“We understand that farmers are very busy this time of year, but safety should still be top of mind when working in the fields,” said Nidal Dabghi, Director of Safety at SaskPower in a news release. “Preparation and attentiveness are key to a safe harvest. Slow down, take the time you need, and stay alert.” 

In one of just eight similar partnerships across Canada, Humboldt and the George Gordon First Nation have joined forces to take part in the nation-wide Community Economic Development Initiative.

Humboldt’s mayor, Rob Muench, says the federal program aims to forge relationships between first nations and municipalities that result in economy development projects.

“We’ve been looking at ways that we can boost the housing in our community, and this is one of the ideas that we’re working on with George Gordon First Nation.”

Canada’s canola industry is expressing deep frustration over the federal government’s newly announced support package, saying it fails to meet the urgent needs of farmers and the broader value chain affected by the ongoing closure of the Chinese market.

While industry leaders welcomed the government’s attention to agriculture, they say the measures announced on Friday do not reflect the scale of the crisis.

The federal government says it plans to launch a public registry to keep Canadians in the loop on its growing use of artificial intelligence.

"We are seeing a lot more activity across departments and agencies," Stephen Burt, the government’s chief data officer, told The Canadian Press.

The federal government says it has found almost 500 ways to streamline regulations and cut costs following a 60-day red tape review exercise.

Departments and agencies have published reports identifying measures to make them more efficient and eliminate complicated or redundant regulations or processes.

Examples include a Canada Border Services Agency proposal to end the rule requiring that travellers arriving in Canada only on their way to another country, be examined by the agency before making their way to their departing flight.