Humboldt Journal

EAST CENTRAL — A local insurance company is providing Saskatchewan’s small-town emergency response organizations with a unique way of earning some funding. My Mutual Insurance, based out of Waldheim, Sask.

Saskatchewan’s first breeding bird atlas is one summer closer to fruition. Years of arduous fieldwork are starting to come together, with just one summer left before the project is complete.

Anastasia Fyke doesn’t have time for millennials. Sort of.

The other night I spent several hours deliberating and discussing with my church board concerning what re-opening the doors of our institution was going to look like.

HUMBOLDT — As Derek Pasitney and Mitch Babin cleaned up racist graffiti from a mural they painted in downtown Humboldt, they weren’t alone. Others were there with a message: “Nazis go home. Nazis out.

HUMBOLDT — A program to pave six roadways within the City of Humboldt is about to begin. The city’s 2020 paving program will start Tuesday, Sept. 8, with the tentative starting location being 101st Street from Saskatchewan Avenue to Second Avenue.

MELFORT — To give Melfort youth something to do that isn’t online, the Melfort Public Library has begun putting together craft kits that community members can pick up and put together.

As the labour market heads into a potential “wild card” period this fall, recent graduates are feeling the pressure. The seasonal shift into the winter may affect certain sectors of the economy, such as the service industry.

HUMBOLDT — High speed fibre-optic internet is still coming to Humboldt, but the company installing the service has no firm date when that will happen.

Nick Crighton is all about connections. That’s why he helped build the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce’s new Indigenous Business Directory, launched Sept. 2.