Humboldt

There is a growing concern about the service closures at the Watrous Hospital, with most of them affecting the emergency department.  

When a closure is in place, residents are forced to travel to Saskatoon or Humboldt. 

Radio stations and media outlets across Saskatchewan came together last week in a show of unprecedented solidarity, raising more than $680,000 to support wildfire evacuees during the first-ever Saskatchewan Day of Caring for Wildfire Evacuees.

The province-wide radiothon aired June 12 across more than 60 stations and digital platforms, collecting $680,345 in donations for the Canadian Red Cross 2025 Saskatchewan Wildfires Appeal. That total is expected to climb, as donations continue to come in.

Some areas of the prairies have received some rain over the past few days, but the weeks of hot, dry weather have had an impact on crops, hay, and pastureland. 

With the dry conditions across so much of the Prairies, there's been an increased concern about grasshopper infestations.

Dr. Meghan Vankosky, a research scientist in field crop entomology with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, says grasshoppers could be shaping up to be an important story again this year.

Farmers across the G7 are confronting unprecedented pressures as the world faces overlapping geopolitical, economic, and environmental challenges. Inflation, high interest rates, and continued fallout from recent financial shocks have destabilized farm economies. At the same time, trade disruptions, and fractured supply chains are compounding uncertainty in the agricultural sector. Meanwhile, the impacts of climate change—more frequent droughts, floods, and extreme weather—are threatening productivity and straining rural infrastructure.

On Friday afternoon, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) revised the provincial fire ban to allow the use of All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) and Utility Terrain Vehicles (UTVs) in all areas of the province. 

"Due to favourable weather conditions, we are seeing reduced risk for fire starts caused by ATVs and UTVs," SPSA Vice-President of Operations Steve Roberts said. "We ask that ATV/UTV users stay away from the active fire lines to ensure personal safety and safety of crews." 

Wesley “Wes” Sprinkle
October 3, 1953 – June 13, 2025

Wesley Claybourne Sprinkle was born on October 3rd, 1953, in Medicine Hat, the second child born to Bill and Doreen Sprinkle. Following the breakup of the family Wes moved with his brother Bill and father to live with his grandparents in Saskatchewan and they eventually settled on a farm in the Furdale community south of Saskatoon. His education was received in the one room school at Furdale followed by Grasswood Public School and then years of riding the bus to Clavet with his siblings.

The U11 Humboldt Thunder Girls Softball team picked up another tournament win, this time winning the Murphy’s tournament in Saskatoon over the weekend.  

In the round robin, the Thunder stormed out to a strong start winning their first three games, 19-2 over the Heat, 25-0 against the Saskatoon Lasers, and 20-0 against the Saskatoon Phantom Blues.  

The 18U AAA East Central Red Sox dropped both games of a doubleheader against the Saskatoon Diamondbacks on Sunday.  

In the first game the Diamondbacks won a wild 14-13 game. Then in the second game, Saskatoon beat the Red Sox 18-6.  

The Diamondbacks led the first game 7-2 after the first four innings before the Red Sox came back with ten runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to lead 12-7.  

It wasn’t a pretty win on Saturday, but the Saskatchewan Roughriders record is looking good at 2-0 following a 28-23 victory against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.  

After being injured in Week 1, running back AJ Ouellette and Rolan Milligan each made a big contribution to the win.  

Ouellette had a 47-yard touchdown run that sparked the green and white offence in the second quarter.  

The Marysburg Royals continued with their winning ways, taking both games in their doubleheader at home against the Saskatoon Outlaws.   

In Game 1, the Royals prevailed 7-1 and in Game 2, they won convincingly 14-4.  

Nick Anderson led Marysburg in the first game with a pair of hits and three RBIs, with Brent Puetz and Mick Rueve each chipping in with two hits each.