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Preparations are under way for the annual Remembrance Day Ceremony in Humboldt hosted by the local branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. The program will be held at St. Augustine Church on Saturday, November 11 at the appointed hour of 11 am.  

Lunch will be held after the service at the Humboldt Legion Hall. Tickets will be sold for a supper time meal, again at the Legion Hall.  

Linda Mattock and Mark Fedak are the Horizon School Division Board of Education’s Table Officers, as of the Nov. 8, 2023 Organizational Meeting. Ms. Mattock was acclaimed as Chairperson and Mr. Fedak was elected as Vice Chair.

Saskatoon City, Royal University, and St. Paul’s Hospital Foundations announced the Grand and top prize winners in the Fall 2023 Hospital Home Lottery. 

The Grand Prize winner of the $1.5 million show home went to Jordan Clayton from Weldon. 

The winner of the 50/50 add-on cash prize of $583,925.00 was won by Murray and Linda Beatty from Warman. 

The $10,000 shopping spree went to Ryley Boyes from Saskatoon. 

A complete list of winners will be announced soon. 

Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools (GSCS) operates St. Dominic and St. Augustine Schools in Humboldt and jointly operates Humboldt Collegiate under an agreement with the Horizon School Division. On November 6, GSCS held its annual organizational meeting where the board selects a chair, vice-chair and trustees to represent the board on a variety of committees. Diane Boyko was re-elected chair of the board. Ron Boechler was reelected vice-chair. 

SaskPower is announcing a planned power outage scheduled for Thursday, November 9 from 6:00 am to 7:30 am.

The planned outage is will affect customers in One Arrow First Nation, Bellevue, Wakaw, Cudworth, Alvena, Prud'Homme, Vonda, Totzke, Meacham and all surrounding rurals.

SaskPower thanks customers for their cooperation as their crews work on system maintenance. 

Another year is in the books for HCAA Junior volleyball as the District matchups have been decided. 

In Junior Girls, after round robin, Wakaw finished on top with a 3-0 record, Wadena and Lanigan High both at 1-1, and Watson out of contention at 0-3. Wadena earned its way into the final defeating Lanigan High in 2 straight sets. Wadena and Wakaw battled it out to a deciding game giving Wadena the gold medal.  

A road will be closed in Humboldt starting November 7 at 8:30 am. 

6th Avenue between 10th street and 9th street will be closed to traffic due to road maintenance. 

The City of Humboldt apologizes for any inconvenience. 
 

- with content from the Humboldt Broncos

The Humboldt Broncos were victors on the road and back at home against the Nipawin Hawks this past weekend. 

Ben Costantino led the way with a four-point night and the Broncos used a three-goal third period to separate themselves from their out-of-division frequent foe and double up the Hawks 6-3 

RCMP are currently on the scene at Humboldt Lake, south of the city of Humboldt.

Multiple units are responding as well as a boat crew.

More details we be shared when they become available.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is lauding the provincial government’s Health Human Resources Action Plan in helping to stabilize rural acute and emergency room services. A release from the SHA states that the initiative is leading to visible improvements in some areas.  

It states that residents in Lanigan and Watrous are seeing benefits from recent recruitment efforts and newly deployed technology. So are residents in Biggar, Canora, Kamsack, Wolseley, Oxbow, and Porcupine Plain.