Humboldt Journal

MELFORT — Melfort RCMP are asking for help to identify a man in connection with a shoplifting incident at the Melfort Liquor Store. On Jan. 16 the suspect was seen shoplifting an item from the store.

HUMBOLDT — Troy Smith was preparing to go back to school when he got his lucky break as a coach The Hamilton native had finished his second and final season season in the ECHL when his old coach from his Ontario Hockey League days, Pete DeBoer, offer

NORTHEAST — Thanks to a complete complement of drivers and good weather, there hasn’t been a lot of school bus cancellations over the fall At the Jan.

The City of Humboldt will not fund an regional effort to hire a contractor that will look at the needs and gaps that could be filled by new investors.

MELFORT — Rotary exchange students staying in communities all over Western Canada came to Melfort to get a taste of Canadian winter sports. The 17 students skiied, swam, tobogganed and curled during the Jan 12. and 13 weekend.

Proposed changes to the city’s zoning bylaw will allow new churches to require less parking. The current bylaw requires churches to have three parking spots for every 10 seats.

Having collected almost $12,700 in connection to the Humboldt Broncos crash, city council voted to pass the money on to where it was intended to go.

NORTHEAST — There hasn’t been any new clubroot-infested fields in the Northeast since the disease was detected north of Nipawin in 2017, but that doesn’t mean it’s not there.

There haven’t been any new clubroot-infested fields in the east central region of Saskatchewan since the disease was detected north of Wakaw in 2011, but that doesn’t mean it’s not there.

MELFORT — Melfort council unanimously voted to reject a request to allow a brokerage firm to set up shop at the Melfort Wellness Centre. Jesse Rudge, a partner with Avatex Devcorp Inc.