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Melfort Rotary Carol Festival kicks off 'the season of giving'

The Melfort Rotary club is set to hold its 72nd annual Carol Festival on Sunday at the Melfort United Church.This will mark the first time the event has been able to happen, since 2019, after being ca...

Dec 03, 2022

Somers selected to Canadian camp roster ahead of 2022 World Junior A Challenge

The Melfort Mustangs will have one of its key players, if not their best so far this season, heading out East, for the chance to play for Team Canada at the 2022 World Junior A Challenge. Locally grow...

Dec 02, 2022

Teddy Bear Toss, Calcutta shootout to highlight annual parent billet weekend

The Melfort Mustangs will honour their parents and billets this weekend, as part of their annual tradition.Friday night's game against the visiting Yorkton Terriers will kick off the festivities. When...

Dec 02, 2022

City of Humboldt releases proposed 2023 budget

Humboldt residents can expect a 5.1 per cent increase in their property taxes in 2023.The city released its 2023 proposed budget and barring any changes, citizens and the community will have to deal w...

Dec 01, 2022

Melfort ships Ward away to Manitoba

Brett Ward is no longer a member of the Melfort Mustangs.The 2004-born defenceman is headed to the Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN) Blizzard of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL).In exchange, Melfor...

Dec 01, 2022

Somers shines as number one star in back-to-back months

The Melfort Mustangs had their most consistent month of the season, these past 30 days, as they began to flip the script and started to meet their yearly expectations.Melfort went 5-1-1 in the month o...

Nov 30, 2022

Cumberland College currently housing record number of international students

Cumberland College, known for providing education to students in northeast Saskatchewan, has vastly increased its educational reach.Instead of limiting its student pool to Melfort, Tisdale, and Nipawi...

Nov 30, 2022

Horizon School Division keeping same Board of Education Chair and Vice-Chair

The Horizon School Division (HSD) will have some familiar faces running their Board of Education for the upcoming year.Trustees Jim Hack and Linda Mattock were the sole nominees for the roles of Board...

Nov 30, 2022

Somers shines, Ashe red hot in SJHL awards

The Melfort Mustangs have won five of their last six games, earning points in all of them, which included taking three of a possible four points against the Flin Flon Bombers, this past week.A huge fa...

Nov 29, 2022

Woman dead, child and man seriously injured, after traffic collision with farm tractor

A 78-year-old woman is dead after a pick-up truck collided with a farm tractor near Rose Valley.On Nov. 27, around 8 p.m., RCMP received a report of a collision on Highway 35.The woman, who was from S...

Nov 29, 2022