Humboldt Journal

Seven months after town council initially directed the administration to issue a tender for a new half-ton fire truck, council has accepted a tender from Nipawin Chrysler Dodge. The 2017 half-ton truck will cost $40,333 plus tax.

I was at a sporting event recently which was broadcast on television. The announcer, a man, commented on both men’s and women’s games. He misstepped during a women’s match, commenting “she’s pretty tiny” of one of the athletes.

Council has begun consulting with stakeholders privately about the future of the Evergreen Centre.

Wounded Warriors Weekend won’t be back in Nipawin this year, but organizer Blake Emmons hopes to bring a new type of event to town. Emmons and Verda Hoppe , the president of the Nipawin Legion, spoke to Nipawin Council Jan.

The band began at a jam session in a quonset. Now, they’ve played at a Northeast SPCA cabaret for the second year in a row.

Cole Jones and Tyrell Wenig are helping the Carrot River Outback Thunder this season while learning the ropes of Junior B hockey. Jones, a forward, has helped in various facets of the game and has 15 points, with eight goals, in 29 games.

It was a busy week for the Nipawin Hawks as they navigated the trade deadline while balancing a trio of hockey games. The week kicked off for the Hawks with the Jan. 10 deadline, where they were busy making a pair of moves to bolster their line-up.

With many Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League teams busy trading to make improvements, the Melfort Mustangs remained relatively quiet.

Bill Gates , Warren Buffett , Carlos Slim , Jeff Bezos , Mark Zuckerberg , Amancio Ortega , Larry Ellison and Michael Bloomberg . These eight men have as much wealth as the world’s poorest 3.

A man that travels across Canada to curl at as many rinks as he can stopped in Tisdale for a game. Rob Swan said the game in Tisdale was either his 222nd or 223rd rink since he started three years ago.