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Great music, variety of food and delicious desserts

Great music, variety of food and delicious desserts

Maymont potluck and jam session June 22 - what an enjoyable night. Over 75 people attended and some danced. The music was great. We had over 15 musicians and I can't name them all because I don't want to miss any. Rose from Borden entertained us.
Saskatchewan receives international culture award

Saskatchewan receives international culture award

Humboldt may not have an international reputation for culture on par with Paris or Rome, but it is part of an increasingly multicultural province.
Summer means music

Summer means music

The Canada Day and City of North Battleford centennial excitement has died down, and many of us are looking to the lakes or our own backyards for a place to enjoy the hot weather forecasted.
Sizzler heats up city

Sizzler heats up city

The premier summer event in Humboldt has come and gone for another year. The Summer Sizzler took over Centennial Park this past weekend, with everything from the midway to concerts to the always-popular demolition derby entertaining the crowds.
First World War veteran's story finally told

First World War veteran's story finally told

Patricia Thomas's grandfather wrote the original manuscript more than 50 years after he returned from the trenches in France. These days it's kept in a large green binder, yellowed pages full of charts and words and memories.
Local music students earn honours

Local music students earn honours

Local music student Victoria Mahmood, 10, has been awarded a Royal Conservatory Gold Medal for the highest mark in Grade 2 Violin in Saskatchewan for 2012.

Gay and lesbian support group opens Humboldt chapter with first meeting

Humboldt's gay and lesbian community now has an organization to call its own. The inaugural meeting of the Humboldt chapter of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) was held on May 19 at the Westminster United Church.

Fiddle music enjoyed

Irene Kerr, Marilyn Stewart and Tillie Linkert were some of the apartment people who were on a bus trip to the Holes and Evergreen greenhouses in Edmonton, Alta. They enjoyed the day with all the other travellers.

Seniors shine spotlight on affordable assisted living

City council heard from an informal committee on assisted living in Humboldt on May 13.
Local artist will have comic published this fall

Local artist will have comic published this fall

Elaine Will was just 17 when she had what she called "a nervous breakdown". She didn't sleep for a week. It was her last year of high school and she worried endlessly about getting good grades and going to a great university.