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Writing for a newspaper is anything but a 9 to 5 job - reporters often have to cancel evening plans to cover a social function or sport event, spend countless hours in less-than-fascinating board and council meetings, and sacrifice their weekends for

Humboldt's downtown core and how to draw shoppers to it was the focus of a meeting which attracted over 40 people last week. On April 12, representatives of a variety of Humboldt businesses located along Hwy.

The Northwest region and much of Saskatchewan remained on flood watch this week, as concern shifted away from the south-central region to other areas of the province.

According to a decision by the Sask. Review Board last Friday, controversial Saskatchewan Hospital resident Layne Larose is about to be moved out of the hospital and into an approved home in North Battleford or Battleford.

Purchasing a ticket to the Shrine Circus doesn't just buy your way into a show packed with crazy clowns, amazing acrobats and pounds of popcorn - it helps kids get the medical help they need.

The R.M of Douglas No. 436 held its annual ratepayers meeting April 7 with twelve in attendance. Reeve Nick Partyka was nominated as chair and Administrator Charles Linnell as recording secretary.

As smooth as a hospital bedsheet. That's how the move into the new Humboldt District Health Complex has gone so far. Though things are still busy within the new building, staff are settling in, and a few firsts have already been recorded.

Spiritwood Stockyards handled 361 head on Wednesday, April 13. Steers weighing 300 to 400 pounds had a high price of $1.61 with an average of $1.43; 400 to 500 had a high price of $1.45 with an average of $1.38; 500 to 600 had a high price of $1.

The Riderville committee, consisting of Michael Soloski, Carey Baker, Pat and Wanda Gumpinger, Charles and Doreen Bonogofski, Len Grant, Sherri Solomko, Pat Orobko, Doc Clark, Scott Smith and Dion Delhommeau, spent the better part of 2010 trying to w

Pop's Old Forge, located on Hubert and Alice Smith's farmyard east of Marcelin, was a social hub for blacksmiths and spectators on April 9.