Humboldt

The Town of Lanigan is charging into the fall season with a surge of development activity, positioning the community as a growing destination for families, professionals, and businesses alike. 

With 17 new housing starts projected for 2025 and potentially double that by 2026, Lanigan is experiencing one of its most active periods of residential development in recent memory. 

The Humboldt Broncos’ Summer Hockey School has taken a new step this year with the addition of a girls-only camp. The change highlights the growing interest from local players, giving young female athletes in the area their own opportunity to develop within the program. 

After years of planning and construction, the City of Humboldt’s ambitious $40 million wastewater treatment system upgrade is entering its final stages, according to a progress update delivered to City Council on August 25. 

“The finish line is now in sight, which is a fantastic thing,” said Peter Bergquist, Director of Public Works. “We’re quite happy with where everything’s at.” 

Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said he left Washington Wednesday with a sense that progress was made after a meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

"It was constructive in the sense it was an exchange of views that I think helped both us and the Americans understand the work we need to do to get, we hope, to an agreement," LeBlanc said in an interview with The Canadian Press after arriving in Montreal.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Wednesday accused the federal Liberals of allowing temporary foreign workers to take jobs away from young Canadians while youth unemployment is high.

"As our young people have a quarter-century high in their unemployment, Mark Carney this year is expected to bring in a record number of temporary foreign workers to take the jobs of Canadian youth," Poilievre said. 

Statistics Canada data shows unemployment for youth, aged 15 to 24, hit 14.6 per cent in July. This is the highest it's been since 2010, outside of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On the heels of the recent announcement of production delay, work continues at BHP’s Jansen Mine. 

This month saw the completion and installation of the new production headframe, which stands over 50 metres tall—about the height of a 16-storey building—and weighs approximately 2,000 tonnes.  

Over 600 people participated in the installation between BHP and its partners, Hatch, Bantrel, Ledcor and Mammoet. 

Canada changed its BSE surveillance after lower global incidence of ‘mad cow disease’ led to international standards shift

Canada’s agency for food safety is encouraged with cattle industry response to a new, more farmer-friendly approach to BSE surveillance.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) updated national bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) surveillance program — put in place earlier this year to meet new international standards — has received 152 samples of risk material as of Aug. 11, it recently said.

The Humboldt RCMP is asking for information from the public about damage to a vehicle.

Between July 27 and 28, unknown individuals damaged a vehicle that was in a ditch by an approach in the RM of Wolverine. 

Anyone who may have witnessed are asked to contact Humboldt RCMP Detachment at 306-682-2535.

Information can also be submitted anonymously through Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-222-8477 or submitting a tip online at www.saskcrimestoppers.com

Massive storm in southeastern Alberta causes significant damage to crops and reported deaths of livestock

The numbers are still coming in for the cost of the damage caused by a huge hail storm that hit various areas of Alberta Aug. 20.

The storm ripped its way through vast swaths of land from Cayley, Milo and Brooks to the Saskatchewan border, as well as Camrose to the Viking, Edberg, Sedgewick, and Hughenden areas.

Manitoba Agriculture released its latest weekly crop report on Tuesday, offering a snapshot of harvest progress and crop conditions across the province. Cereal crop specialist Anne Kirk, who is compiling the reports this month, says harvest operations are moving forward despite recent weather challenges.