Humboldt

Members of Parliament will hold an emergency debate in the House of Commons Monday evening on a string of recent deaths of First Nations people during interactions with Canadian police forces.

Six First Nations people have died in the last two weeks at the hands of police officers, which NDP MP Lori Idlout characterizes as a "disturbing pattern."

She wrote a letter to House Speaker Greg Fergus calling for the emergency debate, lambasting what she called a lack of media coverage of the deaths and inaction by the government to pass legislation on First Nations policing.

Audrey Lucille Hill (Hall)
1928 - 2024

Canadian farmers can take advantage of a program that can give them a leg up this harvest season through the Canadian Grain Commission's (CGC) annual Harvest Sample Program.

Through that farmers get an unofficial grading from the CGC which they can use to help market their commodities.

Program Manager of Analytical Services Kerri Pleskach talks about the program and how it helps out Canadian producers.

If you can squeeze a last kilometre or two out of your gas tank, you'll be set up for Fuel Good Day tomorrow.

When you fill up your tank on Sept. 17, 2024 at a participating Co-op Gas Bar in Western Canada, Co-op will donate a minimum of five cents per litre of fuel purchased to a local registered charity or non-profit organization.

In Humboldt, proceeds go to St. Augustine School to support their reading programs. 

Pull into your local Co-op gas outlet on Tuesday and see your vehicle and your dollars go farther. 

A new resource for farmers and researchers has been launched with the Root Rot Network covering advances in combatting diseases for crops in the prairies.

That includes both resources and research papers featured on rootrot.ca.

Sherrilyn Phelps, Director of Research and Development for the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, talks about the partnership behind the website.

It was Week 2 in high school football action across the region.  

On Thursday,  

The HCI Mohawks were defeated by John Paul II 38-33 in North Battleford.  

Wakaw travelled to Creighton and picked up a 32-8 victory. 

In Friday’s action,  

The Broncos finished off the preseason with a weekend split against the Melfort Mustangs. On Friday, the Broncos shutout the Mustangs 6-0 and to wrap up the exhibition schedule, Melfort skated away with a 5-1 victory.  

In the Broncos home-ice victory, Jacob Strizzi had a pair of goals, Boris Kofman, Conner Miller, Tyce Penrod, and Tre Fouquette rounded out the scoring.  

The excitement around 3x3 basketball in Humboldt continues as the Humboldt Minor Basketball Association (HMBA) announces an upcoming pre-season camp with Saskatchewan basketball mainstay Paul Humbert. 

The player development camps go on Sundays starting October 6 through to November 27. 

The 3x3 game definitely experienced a boost with hometown player and Olympian Paige Crozon heightening the local profile. 

David “Dave” Bernard Freriks
September 4, 1961 – September 10, 2024

Bringing insights into a time-tested tradition that is regaining popularity, wool spinner Patricia Clarke held a demonstration of the art at the Humboldt and District Museum on Saturday.  

A group gathered to find out a bit about the history, techniques and application for wool spinning.