Tag Archives: People

Former Mustang promoted to Regina Pats Assistant GM
A member of the Melfort Mustangs 'minion line' is now a high-up member of a Western Hockey League's front office staff.Tristan Frei has spent the past two seasons as the Regina Pats Manager of Hockey ...
Jun 25, 2025

Hawks Trakakis commits to Chatham University
Nipawin Hawks goaltender Nik Trakakis has committed to a post secondary hockey career.The now 21-year-old is set to attend Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he will become a member ...
Jun 24, 2025

Busy Canada Day in the northeast
It will be a busy Canada Day across the northeast. Communities in the region will be holding celebrations to commemorate Canada's 158th birthday. Most of the Canada Day events in Melfort will be held ...
Jun 24, 2025

Broncos Fouquette commits to U of C, team signs B.C. netminder
The Humboldt Broncos had a pair of commitments over the weekend.One of their graduating players has signed at the U Sports level. Defenceman Tre Fouquette is the newest member of the University of Cal...
Jun 23, 2025

Tisdale Reconciliation hosts NIPD celebration, Melfort Reconciliation unveils Indigenous signs
National Indigenous Peoples Day (NIPD) was celebrated at the Tisdale & District Museum on Friday for the third straight year.Organized by the Reconciliation Tisdale group, the day included flag ra...
Jun 20, 2025

Humboldt gearing up for annual Summer Sizzler next week
An annual tradition returns to Humboldt next week. Residents and visitors are being invited to the Summer Sizzler, a four-day event at Centennial Park featuring midway rides, entertainment, kids' acti...
Jun 20, 2025

Family of downed bomber pilot visits crash site 70 years later
They saw the plane first. The North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber was a smoking, flaming mass of aluminum, and it was circling above the hay fields where a man and his two sons had been harvesting nea...
Jun 20, 2025

Jacob Leicht Memorial Courts now open
Brand new basketball and pickleball courts are now open for use in Humboldt, which will then transition to an outdoor rink in the winter.The Jacob Leicht Memorial Outdoor Rink and Courts, in honour of...
Jun 19, 2025

Broncos' Olson commits to Briercrest Clippers
Humboldt Broncos defenceman Orin Olson has committed to the Briercrest Clippers of the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) for the 2025/26 season.Olson, a 21-year-old blueliner, spent just one...
Jun 19, 2025
Saskatoon philanthropist and real estate developer Joseph A. Remai dead at 89
A well-known Saskatoon philanthropist and real estate developer, who donated tens of millions of dollars to a variety of causes and projects, has died at the age of 89.Joseph A. Remai, who is original...
Jun 19, 2025