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Before the Humboldt Broncos and the rest of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) drop the puck on the 2025-26 regular season, they will work off the summer rust in the preseason. 

On Monday, the SJHL announced the 2025 Preseason schedule 

The Broncos will play in seven exhibition games in total, with four on the road and three at the Elgar Petersen Arena.  

Baseball fans in the Bridge City got their money’s worth over the weekend. 

The Saskatoon Berries played in a pair of extra inning thrillers on consecutive nights at the NexGen Patch, splitting a pair of playoff games.  

On Saturday, after being rained out the previous night, the Berries faced off with the Moose Jaw Miller Express in the deciding game of their best of three series.  

The first week of August and a plentiful supply of rain is making up for a dry July in central Saskatchewan. A three-day system brought scattered showers and generous rainfall starting on Saturday and continuing through Sunday evening. 

The wet weather played a bit of havoc with setup for this year’s Manitou Beach Chainsaw Carving Festival, but it didn’t dampen the competitive or creative spirits of the carvers. It also didn’t hamper visitors from attending and bidding on the quick carves. 

The Canada Summer Games are off and running in St. John’s, NL with the first day of competition wrapped up on Sunday.  

The Men’s Baseball contingent for Team Saskatchewan has a strong local component featuring three players and one coach from the East Central Red Sox Camp. Jarret Rude and Cade Britz of Muenster, along with Pryor Dyck of Watrous and pitching coach Chad Hofmann of Muenster are all in the mix for Team Saskatchewan. 

Bolt Brain Buster:

Dua Lipa’s song Dance the Night is from which movie?

Text your answers to the Humboldt Sobeys Talk and Text line 306-682-0107

Tune in to the morning show or check back tomorrow for the answer!

Answer: Barbie 

With harvest just getting underway across the Prairies, farmers are being reminded to think about safety when working with grain. The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) is urging farmers to prioritize safety around grain handling with the launch of its fifth annual Be Grain Safe Week.

Air Canada flight attendants are expected to picket at airports in four major Canadian cities on Monday in what their union is calling a national day of action.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees says demonstrations are expected to take place at Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Toronto Pearson International Airport, Vancouver International Airport and Calgary International Airport, all at 1 p.m. ET. 

Heartland Livestock Services announced the closure July 25; the Brandon auction mart has been a historic standby for Manitoba beef producers selling their cattle

Manitoba’s livestock producers have one less place to sell their animals.

Heartland Livestock Services announced July 25 that they are closing their Brandon location.

Prime Minister Mark Carney's popularity may be cooling off in the summer but remains broadly positive, a new poll from Abacus Data suggests.

The Carney-led Liberal government's approval rating dipped to 50 per cent in the firm's latest polling, down two percentage points compared to mid-July and the lowest level since March.

With 48 per cent viewing Carney favourably and 19 per cent disapproving, the prime minister maintains a positive net approval. That figure is a couple percentage points lower than in Abacus's previous poll.