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Beginning today, October 4, work will begin on repairs on the Dana Access Road just off of Highway #2. 

The RM of Bayne along with the Department of Highways are partnering together for the project.

Work is expected to last for approximately for a week. 

The road will remain open during the construction, but traffic will be reduced to 40 km/h in the work zone. 

Carlton Trail College is joining three other provincial colleges in expanding its outreach to international students.  

A press release from umbrella organization Saskatchewan Colleges outlines that an international student recruitment and admissions partnership was established between multiple regional colleges under the umbrella of Saskatchewan Colleges in October 2021. 

With this year’s harvest heading into the home stretch, the northeast area which includes Humboldt has the most amount of crop remaining in the field.  

Harvest progress now sits at 81 per cent, which is the same as the five-year average and greater than the 74 per cent 10-year average. 

Humboldt/Lanigan RCMP are looking for details about a break and enter that happened in Watson. 
 
The incident occurred on the 100 block of 2nd Street NE sometime between 1:00 pm on September 10 to 11:00 am on September 13.

Multiple items were taken from a residence. There were no injuries from the break and enter. 

A fall tradition is back at the Humboldt and District Gallery with the return of the Gallery Members’ Show and Sale. The sale opened on October 1 and it will run until November 1. 

The show is a demonstration of the incredible talents of Humboldt and District Gallery Members. There are 43 artists participating, and 100 pieces of artwork displayed in a wide variety of mediums including painting, photography, ceramics, quilting, and mixed media works. Each piece in the exhibit is for sale. 

Beginning today, a section of 9th street will be closed off for a couple days. 

The 300 block of 9th street will be closed for repairs.

The closure is needed to address a leak on a residential water service and to facilitate two lead service replacements.

Work is expected to last until Friday. 

The City of Humboldt apologizes for the inconvenience

Humboldt’s annual Truth and Reconciliation Walk, cohosted by the Westminster Affirm Team and Humboldt Department of Cultural Service took place on September 29. The walkers, all adorned in orange shirts, gathered under the mural at City Hall to make the trek north to a gathering at the Westminster United Church Hall. 

Special guest at the walk this year was poet Louise Bernice Halfe, also known by her Cree name, Sky Walker.  

It was yet another record-breaking year at the Pilger Pumpkin Festival as the skid steer strained to get this year’s chart topper on the scale. 

The annual festival was back bigger and better than ever on Saturday, September 28. The kids' section was greatly expanded this year including large scale games, the ever-popular bouncy castles, face painting and tattoo artistry thanks to Humboldt Ink.  

SaskPower announces a planned power outage for rural customers east and northeast of Watson.

The outage is scheduled for today, October 1, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

The outage is to accommodate system maintenance. SaskPower thanks customers for their understanding. 

The Great Pumpkin decrees it every year at this time. 

Saturday, September 28, it’s time to head out to the Pilger Pumpkin Festival in the warm and inviting village of Pilger. 

The big pumpkin weigh in starts at 2 pm at the Pilger Community Hall, so load up the trailers and flatbeds with your best pumpkin produce.  

That 2 pm deadline also applies to all judged goods like pumpkin carvings and those delicious pumpkin pies.