Humboldt

As part of Monday’s City Council executive meeting, the monthly protective services report was delivered. 

Inside of the Community Safety Officer’s report, property maintenance was a key issue in June. Following the May long weekend, numerous door knockers as well as orders on some of our repeat offender properties. Three orders that expired in the month of June required City intervention. This included garbage removal and yard maintenance at the properties. 

RCMP say they've arrested the pilot of a small aircraft that was allegedly hijacked from Victoria and flown to Vancouver International Airport, where other flights had to be temporarily halted.

RCMP in Richmond, B.C., say in a statement that a report came in just after 1 p.m. Tuesday about a Cessna that "had been hijacked" and was on its way to Vancouver.

Police say the "sole occupant" of the plane was arrested after it touched down. 

Underlying inflation remained stubbornly hot in June, leading financial markets and many economists to firm up calls for a third straight interest rate hold from the Bank of Canada later this month.

Statistics Canada said Tuesday that the annual pace of inflation accelerated to 1.9 per cent in June, up from 1.7 per cent in May and largely in line with economists’ expectations.

Prices didn't ease much at the gas pumps last month, the agency said, and higher prices on motor vehicles and other durable goods also drove inflation higher.

The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) issued an update on the wildfire situation in northern Saskatchewan on Tuesday afternoon. 

As of 11:00 am, there were 50 active wildfires in Saskatchewan. Of those active fires, four are categorized as contained, 12 are not contained, 18 are ongoing assessment, and 16 are listed as protecting values. 

The 2025 Saskatchewan Amateur Golf Championships teed off Tuesday morning at the Humboldt Golf Club, bringing over 150 of the province’s top golfers to the region. 

This marks the first time the Men’s Amateur Championship has ever been held in Humboldt. While the Women’s Amateur made a stop here in 2014 and the Mixed Championship followed in 2017, this week represents a significant milestone for both the club and the city. 

In light of the tragic automobile collision on Friday, July 11 which injured a local individual, community members have reached out to support the injured victim. 

Stuart Portaves of Humboldt posted the following GoFundMe page. The content is reprinted with permission of the injured individual and Stuart Portaves. 

SaskPower has announced a significant investment to upgrade power infrastructure in the Lanigan and Melfort regions, with the aim of increasing reliability and preparing for future energy demands. The $134 million initiative includes the construction of a new switching station near Lanigan and a new 230-kilovolt (kV) double-circuit power line stretching more than 100 kilometres. 

The power has been restored. SaskPower noted that 3244 customers were impacted by the outage. 

A power outage has been reported in Humboldt and surrounding areas.

SaskPower is aware of the outage and have reported the following:

Crews have been dispatched and are determining the cause and repair time for the outage reported in Humboldt, Burr, and all surrounding rurals.

No other updates have been provided at this time. 

Championship baseball will be in the city this weekend.  

 The 11U AA Tier 1 Provincial Championships will take place in Humboldt with three full days of action on the diamond featuring nine teams including the host Humboldt Dodgers. 

Assistant Coach Nicole Unrau says along with the games, there will be opening ceremonies on Friday night at 7:00. 40 Ounce Philosophy will be on hand to provide music for the ceremonies and the introductions of the participating squads.