Humboldt Journal

The pipes were playing, the tartan was flying, and toes were tapping as the Quill Lake Highland Dance Club held their 22nd annual Robbie Burns Night.

It took five rounds of voting but Saskatchewan has a new leader of the Saskatchewan Party and a new Premier-designate with Scott Moe taking 8,075, or 53.87 per cent, of the votes at the convention on Jan. 27 in Saskatoon.

Scott Moe was elected the leader of the Saskatchewan Party and will serve as the province's next premier. The Rosthern-Shellbrook MLA defeated four other candidates at a leadership convention Jan.

Midget AA It was an up-and-down week for the Midget AA Broncos as they managed just a 1-1 record in two contests. The Broncos kicked off their week on a high note as they picked up a 5-4 win over Battleford on Jan. 20 in Humboldt.

When he was 10, Maxence Palkowski’s brother went on a Rotary student exchange to Japan and a Japanese and Taiwanese student came to live with him. He got to see what a student exchange is like and the visitors became like sisters to him.

The fish may not have been biting but that did not stop a record number of fishers to participate in the ninth annual Lake Lenore Lions Club Ice Fishing Derby held in Lenore Lake on Jan. 20.

We know taxes are going up in Nipawin – the town needs to increase its tax levy by four per cent. We don’t know how that’s going to hit local pocketbooks.

Kaden Opp and Tyrell Wenig are more comfortable on the ice their second time around with the Carrot River Outback Thunder. The two 19-year-olds are contributing in their second seasons with the Prairie Junior Hockey League team.

The councils of the three largest Northeast communities will be allowing legalized cannabis retailers to set up shop. The Saskatchewan government announced Jan.

The Humboldt Golf Course was bustling on Jan. 21, but this time not with golfers.