Humboldt

Advent calendars are typically used to count down the days of Christmas with a gift each day.  

Watrous is taking the opposite approach to help their local food bank by issuing a friendly challenge to the community. 

Instead of receiving a gift, residents are asked to collect a different item each day to fill up a donation box.  

It’s the second day of the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Radiothon, raising money for cardiac and respiratory care at Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital (JPCH) in Saskatoon, our province’s state-of-the-art centre for medical care for children to 17-year-olds. 

The first Radiothon was held 22 years ago, and over $16.41 million has been raised for Saskatchewan children undergoing treatment to date – including a record-breaking $1,158,113 last year.  

Former president Donald Trump is poised to return to White House after a polarizing U.S. election that deeply divided the country.

The U.S. election on Tuesday saw Trump post early wins in critical states by taking Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia. 

Vice-President Kamala Harris did not appear at her election night party at her alma mater Howard University in Washington. 

Top aides told the audience that Democrats would continue overnight to fight to make sure that every vote is counted.

MPs, diplomats and political staff gathered around the parliamentary precinct to anxiously take in preliminary results of a U.S. presidential election that they all agreed would have an enormous impact on Canada and the world.

"There's a lot of nervous energy in the room tonight," said Gary Keller, who was chief of staff to John Baird, the former Conservative foreign minister.

"This one has so much potential impact on our economy, our society."

Members of the Humboldt Broncos will have a chance to display their on-ice talents at the annual auction/skills competition that will be taking place on November 15/16. 

Here are the participants taking part in each category. 

With the ground about to freeze across the prairies, many farmers are getting soil sampling done before the end of the year.

Testing out just what's in many farmer's grounds is a key part of making sure you know what's under the surface and what might need to go in.

Warren Ward, an agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada, talks about the necessity of that testing.

The Horizon Central Athletic Association Junior Volleyball season wraps up today with the District Championships. It’s the finest junior volleyball action with teams from throughout the district.  

In the Junior Girls category, teams from Annaheim, Lanigan High, St. Brieux and Wadena Comp will square off in Annaheim. 

Junior Boys competition takes place at Humboldt Collegiate featuring Bellevue, Englefeld and HCI. 

Saskatchewan’s Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Radiothon presented by CIBC Wood Gundy is BACK live on location at Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital (JPCH) and broadcasting province-wide on November 5th and 6th, 2024.

Over the next two days, listeners from across Saskatchewan will hear heartfelt stories from children, families, and medical professionals at JPCH from 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily across 32 radio stations.

Saskatchewan is set to receive its first taste of winter in the next 24 hours, but Humboldt and area, along with most of northeast Saskatchewan, should miss the brunt of it.  

Areas to the south may not be so lucky, says Shannon Moodie, meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada.  

A solemn ceremony took place on Monday, November 4 at the Humboldt Public Cemetery. Students from Humboldt Public School gathered for their 5th No Stone Left Alone event to honour all fallen soldiers.  

Members of the Royal Canadian Legion were on hand along with members representing the Army, Navy and Air Force branches of the service. Maxine Moore was on hand to lead the attendees in the singing of the National Anthem.