Humboldt Journal

On Nov. 29, the season of Advent began. This seasonal build-up to Christmas often comes with a nostalgia for past things.

Judge Shannon Metivier has been chosen as the new Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Saskatchewan. The appointment is effective March 1, 2021. She will replace Chief Judge James Plemel, who was appointed to that position Jan. 1, 2015.

HUMBOLDT — City staff will present a proposed 2021 budget that will require a 1.8 per cent increase in property tax levies – around $128,000 more. The proposal also includes around $1.

A few days after the global pandemic was declared, Jim Boire got a text from his daughter Rebecca Erker, a Royal University Hospital intensive care unit nurse. Erker is working on her PhD with the respiratory research centre in Saskatoon.

TISDALE — COVID-19 has made things difficult for municipalities, especially when it came to tax collection for the 2020 tax year.

HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt Special Olympics Floor Hockey Team took home the Special Olympics Canada Team of the Year Award. TSN hosted the award ceremony on Facebook Live on Dec.

ST. BENEDICT — Tiffany Martinka has received the Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan 2020 Champion Award for her blog where she discusses life as a chicken farmer living in the Humboldt area.

EAST CENTRAL — The North East School Division (NESD) has applied for up to $2 million in additional expenditures from the provincial government for COVID-19 expenses.

HUMBOLDT — Upgrades to Humboldt’s council chambers will make it easier for citizens to find out what decisions council is making on their behalf.

MUENSTER, LAKE LENORE — Humboldt RCMP are looking for a suspect connected to three break and enters in Muenster and three attempted break and enters in Lake Lenore. Police said they were dispatched Nov. 29.