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Greg Fertuck who was found guilty last month of the first-degree murder of his estranged wife, Sheree, received a life sentence and four years for indignity to human remains on Thursday afternoon. 

Sheree Fertuck was last seen on December 7, 2015, leaving her mother's farm near Kenaston, Sask., en route to the gravel pit. Her body has never been found.  

Raymore’s Travis Flahr was recently awarded the Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association’s Service Award at the SHSAA Annual General Meeting. This award is given annually by the SHSAA to honor those who have provided outstanding leadership and service and the promotion of high school athletics within their school athletic district, Travis’s district being the Horizon Central Athletic Association. 

In an incredible act of heroism and sacrifice, Joe and Chris Novecosky rushed to the aid of family members who had fallen through the ice on Humboldt Lake last November.  

Joe and Chris perished in their efforts to rescue seven-year-old Ava Novecosky and six-year-old Evelyn Novecosky who had been playing on the frail ice. For their heroism, the pair has posthumously been awarded the Carnegie Medal for Heroism. 

The Horizon Central Athletic Association proudly announced the recipient of the 2024 Kent Lessmeister Memorial Scholarship.  

This year’s deserving recipient is graduate Marie Millette from Humboldt Collegiate Institute. Marie will be attending St. Peter’s College in Muenster in the fall of 2024 to attain her first year in Kinesiology and will then be heading to the University of Saskatchewan to complete her degree.  

Wynyard’s Trevor Otsig was recently awarded the Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association’s highest honor, the Merit Award, at the SHSAA Annual General Meeting. This award is given by the SHSAA to honor those who have provided outstanding leadership and service and the promotion of high school athletics within their school athletic district and province as a whole.

To help celebrate the end of another school year, Humboldt Collegiate Institute (HCI) recently recognized the achievements of its students, in academics, sports and other award winners. 

Click on the links below to view the winners of the HCI Awards for 2023-24. 

Congratulations to all of the winners along with all the students that will be graduating.

HCI Sports

The East Central AAA 18U Red Sox suffered a 4-2 loss to the Sask Five Marlins last night in SPBL action. 

The Marlins struck first with a double by Willis Simair for the opening run.  

Kacen Hyra returned the favour for the Red Sox with a single RBI in the top of the third. In the bottom of the same inning, Simair smacked a triple for another pair followed by a Rhett Anderson sacrifice fly to take it to 4-1 for the Marlins.  

A rainfall warning is in place for much of east central Saskatchewan, including Humboldt, Watrous and surrounding communities.  

Environment Canada advises Periods of rain will begin sometime in the late afternoon on Thursday that will impact portions of southern Saskatchewan.  

With potential power outages becoming more of a possibility due to unstable weather, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is reminding residents to take extra precautions frozen and refrigerated food is safe after a power outage. 

For refrigerated food, potentially hazardous food that is above 4°C (40°F) for more than two hours should be discarded.  

Saturday, June 22 was a beautiful day for a stroll through the garden. More specifically, Saturday morning was a perfect plant moment despite the turbulent clouds bubbling through the atmosphere. Volunteers at Humboldt’s Heritage Garden in the downtown core welcomed visitors for a tour and interpretive session.