Humboldt Journal

PARKER: George William George Parker died on May 11, 2015 at age 90. Kindness, honesty and loyalty were the values by which he lived his life.

The Saskatchewan government is patting itself on the back for its innovative solution to the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) wait list problem.

With spring being seeding and gardening time, weeds are going to become an issue in the province. What landowners may not know is that certain plants must be reported and then removed. The majority of weeds in Saskatchewan came from somewhere else.

About 3.3 million Canadians have been diagnosed with diabetes, which translates to 93,000 in Canada. In order to raise funds and awareness for this issue, volunteers will be going door to door in Humboldt until May 15.

As a rather ancient and retired former grain and livestock producer, I read with interest and some concern that the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board [CPPIB] has purchased 115,000 acres of prairie farmland from Assiniboia Farmland LP.

I’m going to try really hard not to rant, but it’s about time someone cleared up all the misinformation out there regarding the new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. I’ll start by explaining how it works.

By now you may have heard about the FHRITP incident at a Toronto FC game. The “trend” is this: find a (usually female) reporter in front of a camera. Grab her microphone, and yell “f*** her right in the p***y.

The band Brother Octopus doesn’t talk about how they got together.

The 78th Humboldt Music Festival came to a close with a performance and awards night at the Marysburg Alliance Church on May 7. Organizer Tanya Schuler is happy with how the event went over all this year. “Festival went great again this year.