Humboldt Journal

Statistic after statistic points to the debilitating state of commerce in Canada.

HUMBOLDT — Know of somebody that’s made an extraordinary contribution to Humboldt and area in the past year? Nominations are open for Humboldt’s Citizen of the Year and Junior Citizen of the Year for 2021.

HUMBOLDT — Last May, a national organization focused on welcoming new residents to town with a basket of gifts closed for good. Now a local group is hoping to bring the tradition back.

ARBORFIELD — The North East School Division (NESD) board passed a motion to initiate a school review process to consider the closure of Arborfield School. The review process is planned to be done no later than Oct.

MELFORT — A vehicle collided with a pedestrian crossing sign on Shadd Drive in Melfort during the Alberta Clipper storm. Fire crews responded on Jan. 14 at 10:36 p.m. to a vehicle versus sign incident.

KIPABISKAU — Lake Kipabiskau Regional Park Board and Water Quality Committee members have been working for years to improve their dropping water quality and are asking local groups to support them moving forward.

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt’s own Auroraman comic series has received an $8,000 Independent Artists grant from Saskatchewan Arts Board that is going to a 48-page graphic novel.

'We have a duty to lead by example': said Rodger Hayward, Municipalities of Saskatchewan’s vice-president of towns, about Gordon Barnhart's comments in the Four-Town Journal

Before President Biden was even inaugurated, TC Energy let it be known they would be stopping work on the Keystone XL pipeline.

Saskatchewan and the nation as a whole is seeing hiccups the early days of the COVID-19 vaccination rollout. On Jan. 19, the federal government explained that it would not be receiving any of the Pfizer vaccine the following week.