A familiar name to the northeast is looking to make her mark on the world of competitive barrel racing.Jorja Salmond, daughter of professional chuckwagon driver Wade Salmond (who won the Top Rookie Award at the 2023 Calgary Stampede), and niece of Evan Salmond (who finished this WPCA season fourth in the world, with a ...

The rain may have eased off on Day 12 of the Canada Summer Games, but a fierce wind swept through Newfoundland - a fitting backdrop for a day full of energy and record-breaking performances from Team Saskatchewan. With competition in full swing across nearly every sport, three new events also launched into action: Wres...

A current Western Hockey League coach, and native of Humboldt, Saskatchewan, will be realizing a childhood dream later this year.Brad Lauer will be a part of Team Canada's coaching staff at the upcoming World Junior Hockey Championships."I've worked with Hockey Canada programs in the summer times in the past, but ...

The Melfort U13A Spirit softball team is now a week removed from participating in the Western Canadian Championships, as they've had time to reflect on a historic season.The group of 11 girls finished in fourth place at Westerns in Abbotsford, British Columbia, after winning the provincial championships last month.&quo...

A lot of former Melfort Mustangs are set to make their university hockey debuts this coming fall, as they make the jump from the CJHL to USports.In total, nine players who once donned the Blue and Green committed to university teams across the country, just this year alone, as they'll now go from teammates to opponents...

The Humboldt Broncos have signed a new forward to their team for the fast-approaching 2025/26 season.Stow, Massachusetts native Jacob Kulas is the newest member of the Green and Gold.A six-foot, 216-pound player, Kulas spent all of last year in British Columbia, suiting up mainly for the Campbell River Storm of the Van...

For the third consecutive Canada Summer Games, Team Saskatchewan Men's Baseball has found itself on the podium, this time with a hard-fought 4-2 bronze medal victory over Prince Edward Island on Saturday night. The win marks another proud chapter in a legacy that began in 2017, when Saskatchewan captured its first-ever...

It's a possible Grey Cup showdown at Mosaic Stadium.The 7-1 Saskatchewan Roughriders will take on the 6-3 Hamilton Tiger-Cats in a game between the two CFL division leaders at Week 11 of the 2025 CFL season. Kickoff for the game is set for 1 p.m. The Green Zone pregame show begins at 11 a.m."As a pro, and as a kid...

It was the nickname that came first.During the Second World War, Albert George could often be found behind the wheel of a battered military Jeep, hauling aircraft parts across town to keep planes in the air. The name stuck for the rest of his life - "Jeep" to everyone who knew him - and followed him from wart...

Four SJHL officials have been named to the 2026 Olympic Winter Games officiating roster. The officials heading to Italy in February are referees Cianna Murray (Cudworth, Sask.) and Michelle McKenna (Moose Jaw, Sask.), along with linespersons Alex Clarke (Drake, Sask.) and Tarrington Wyonzek (Yorkton, Sask.) SJHL Senior...

Youth reigned supreme at the 37th annual Saskatchewan Premier's Walleye Cup on the weekend. A team of brothers with a combined age of 33 won the two-day event on Tobin Lake at Nipawin and District Regional Park. Winston Stockdale and his brother Will, aged 18 and 15 respectively, were the grand prize winners. The Regin...

The Humboldt Broncos will be hosting their first-ever girls' summer hockey school later this month.The club has always hosted a summer hockey school, however, this will be the first year they will host an additional, girls-only portion."We used to do a female one when I was in Battlefords, and it always had a pret...

The Humboldt Broncos will have a new but familiar radio voice for the upcoming season.Hometown play-by-play guy, Blaine Weyland, will soon be calling the team's games, both at home and on the road.Weyland comes with plenty of experience, now finding his way back home for the team that's always had a special place in hi...

The news of Hulk Hogan's passing rocked the world last week, and one of the people who was inspired most by the wrestling icon is a man well-known to fans in Saskatchewan.Canadian Wrestling's Elite's (CWE) Danny Duggan believes the wrestling business wouldn't be what it is today without the likes of Hogan. "He def...

Athletes from across North Central Saskatchewan are honing their skills over the next couple of weeks as they gear up to head to the 2025 Canada Summer Games next month. This year's installment is in St. John's, N.L. and will see over 4,000 athletes, coaches and managers from around the country make the trip to the eas...

Just over a month into the 2025/26 SJHL regular season, the best game of the year could take place, and it won't be between two SJHL teams.The Nipawin Hawks will be bringing back 24 of their alumni (a full four lines of skaters, two goalies and two coaches) to play in a full, 60-minute contest against NHL alums."W...

It's still early in his career as a coach in junior hockey, but Prince Albert's Kyle Schneider is taking yet another step forward. After three seasons as an assistant coach with the La Ronge Ice Wolves in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL), Schneider has now been announced as the new bench boss of the Kinders...

Over 130 golfers will play their third and final round of the 2025 Saskatchewan Senior Golf Championships on Thursday at the Chinook Golf Course in Swift Current.Of the three titles set to be claimed later this afternoon (senior women's, men's and men's mid-masters), at least one local golfer is inside the top five in ...

A local football player had the opportunity to try something new last week, in a high-level competition in Quebec.Zenon Park native and Tisdale Tornado, Moise Lalonde, was playing flag football with EquipSask (Team Sask) at JeuxFC (Les Jeux De La Francophonie Canadienne).Moise had previously never played flag football,...

For the third week in a row, a major provincial golf championship is underway in Saskatchewan.This week, over 130 players descended on the Chinook Golf Course in Swift Current for the Senior Championships, the first time since 2005 that the tournament has been held there.A pair of local golfers have entered the tournam...

A local golfer earned a trip to Nationals this past week at the Saskatchewan Amateur Championships in Humboldt.The hometown hero, Paul Raycroft, finished seventh in the Men's Amateur and second in the Mid-Amateur at his own course, earning spots in both national tournaments.Raycroft plans to attend just the one, the Ca...

The Northern Lights Palace in Melfort finally has its new score clock installed.Although the clock arrived last year, there wasn't enough time to install it prior to the hockey season beginning and the ice being put in. Therefore, there's been a bit of anticipation and an excited wait for the new large piece of rink eq...

For the first time in its 114-year history, the Saskatchewan Men's Amateur Championships were held at the Humboldt Golf Club (HGC) this past week.Also at the course were the Women's Amateur Championships, marking the second time the event was in Humboldt, as it was previously hosted there in 2014.Almost 150 golfers fro...

With a stacked field of teams coming into the tournament, the hosting Prince Albert Royals were in tough at the U15 AA Tier 1 Provincials. Ultimately Prince Albert would fall short in the semi-finals, setting up a rematch of the Regina Baseball AA League finals as the Lumsden Cubs met the Weyburn Beavers in the final. ...

Three of the four titles at the 2025 Saskatchewan Amateur Golf Championships are just hours away from being handed out at the Humboldt Golf Club (HGC).The women's championships (amateur and mid-amateur) and the men's mid-am are roughly halfway through their third and final round.Meanwhile, the men's amateur has nearly ...

The Nipawin Hawks held their annual fishing tournament this past weekend, raising nearly $40,000 for their organization.The 14th annual Tobin Lake Walleye Championship is one of the club's biggest fundraisers of the year."It is one of our major fundraisers, so it's fairly important that we keep it going. Somewhere...

Every golfer at this year's Saskatchewan Amateur Championships has now at least teed off for Day 2 of the event at the Humboldt Golf Club.Round 2 began Wednesday morning as early as 7 a.m., with the final tee times scheduled for 3 p.m.Nearly 150 competitors are divided between the Men's and Women's Amateur and Mid-Amat...

A standing ovation echoed through the SaskTel Centre on July 5 as the Province of Saskatchewan made a historic announcement, recognizing the day officially as Michael Linklater Day. The honour celebrates the extraordinary impact that Michael Linklater, a basketball legend, community leader, and proud member of Thunderc...