Humboldt

The water may not have officially started flowing, but a sure sign of spring is coming with a promise of warmth, sunshine, and plenty of sizzle. 

The Muenster Elks Steak Supper is back for its 29th year, and the coveted tickets have just gone on sale for the meal to be held on April 26. There’s a great meal in store with the proceeds going to a charity in the Muenster area. 

Protecting our province's secondary highways becomes all the more important as the we begin to thaw out for spring. That's why, as the annual warm-up approaches, the Ministry of Highways is reminding residents and motorists that spring weight restrictions will come into effect on Friday.

The restrictions begin at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, March 21, in southwest Saskatchewan and will be phased in throughout the province as temperatures climb. The restrictions will remain in place for up to six weeks.

The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) playoffs begin tonight with all four series getting underway, including the Humboldt Broncos meeting the Flin Flon Bombers.  

During the regular season, the Broncos and Bombers met on four occasions, but each team hosted their opponent in back-to-back games in the season. 

The Saskatchewan NDP dubbed Wednesday’s provincial budget ‘the greatest work of fiction’ during Question Period on Thursday, noting that it didn’t include the fiscal impacts of tariffs from the United States and China.

Finance Critic Trent Wotherspoon added that in order to survive these tariffs, Saskatchewan needs to expand trade significantly and build the necessary railways pipelines to get there.

Sask. Party Finance Minister Jim Reiter shot back that the NDP used to be opposed to pipelines, trade offices, and the Premier’s trade missions.

There’s a spring flurry of new programs coming out from the Prairie Sky Trails Association, with something for all ages and tastes.  

A series of offerings falls under the banner of the Women’s Wellness Initiative. The series is targeted to women 18 years of age or over to help them to achieve wellness in certain areas of their lives, says Director Whitney Shussel  

The provincial budget, released Wednesday, is being criticized for what is included in terms of healthcare, with unions and the opposition NDP stating it doesn’t include enough for the retention of staff, and it is spending even less money in some areas than the last budget.  

Linda Renkas is the vice president of CUPE 5430. She said the numbers don’t track with what they were hearing before the budget was presented.  

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is announcing a plan to boost training and jobs for workers in skilled trades.

In a news release this morning, Poilievre says his plan for "more boots, less suits" will expand training halls and provide direct grants and faster employment insurance for apprentices in licensed trades.

He says the goal is to deliver higher paycheques to workers and make Canada less reliant on the U.S.

The federal Liberals are announcing nearly $100 million in humanitarian relief and governance support for Palestinians, days before a widely expected election. 

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, who took on the file of international development last week, is announcing funding for major agencies working in the occupied Palestinian territories.

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