Humboldt Journal

NIPAWIN – The Town of Nipawin councillors and Mayor Rennie Harper met once again for their bi-monthly council to discuss town business.

A $300 million stimulus package from the provincial government focuses on new highway projects in the province. The stimulus plan announcement, made May 13, comes a week after the province’s announcement of a $7.

MUENSTER — When students resume their education with St. Peter’s College in September, they will not have to pay any money in tuition.

HUMBOLDT — A Western Hockey League head coach who’s originally from Humboldt has been awarded that league’s coach of the year award.

The province of Saskatchewan announced a new suicide prevention plan on Friday, but critics are calling for more than that. They say legislation is needed in order for suicide prevention to work in the province.

TISDALE — As of the beginning of May, the Town of Tisdale has lost about $51,000 in expected revenues due to an inability to safely rent its facilities during the pandemic.

ETHELTON— Moving from a freshly put out brush fire in the RM of Star City, the Melfort Fire Department responded to a structure fire at the Hi-Lite Custom Feed Lot, five kilometres south of Ethelton. When crews arrived on May 7, at 7:09 p.m.

Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) CEO Scott Livingstone has announced further community support for the La Loche area, which includes the Managed Alcohol Program.

MELFORT — As the first phase of the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan starts to take effect, Melfort businesses expressed their worries for the future and how that will impact their businesses.

STAR CITY— Shaun Stewart, Melfort’s fire chief, believes the origin of a recent RM of Star City brush fire to be a smoldering pile that had been lit on fire sometime in late February or early March, when the area still had two feet of snow.