Humboldt Journal

Surgical and imagining volumes at Saskatchewan Health Authority facilities will increase starting June 16 as the authority enters Phase III of its reopening plan.

HUMBOLDT — Due to the pandemic, rather than having one large ceremony, the Humboldt Collegiate Institute held 84 individual graduations so each student could walk across the stage.

HUMBOLDT — Council has approved $374,000 worth of work on the Seventh Street repaving and beautification project. The concrete work for the project, which goes from Fifth Avenue to Seventh Avenue, will cost $199,000 plus tax.

TISDALE — Heritage Road is being paved from Highway 3 to 94th Avenue, in a project that is estimated to be completed in July. “If you’re on Highway 3, and you turn at Fairburn Tire, you’re on Heritage Road.

EAST CENTRAL — Equal Voice has had some lofty ambitions since being formed in 2001. And those goals are continuing ahead of the 2020 Saskatchewan provincial election.

HUMBOLDT — Partners Family Services will be reopening in-person counselling sessions by appointment, as well as continue to offer telephone sessions.

TISDALE — An unoccupied house on 106th Avenue in Tisdale was destroyed by a structure fire in the early morning on June 10. Tisdale Fire responded to the call at 12:10 a.m.

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt RCMP charged a 31 year old Preeceville man after he fled from a grocery store parking lot at a high speed. The incident happened when police responded to a complaint at 6:45 p.m. on June 8.

A Virden man is trying to raise $100,000 on GoFundMe for a legal challenge to a new federal firearms ban, and is halfway to his fundraising goal after a few days.

The easing of travel restrictions in northwestern Saskatchewan on Monday was a firm reminder of the hard-fought lessons northern leaders gleaned during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic.