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The leisure services department had also reduced the number of administration staff. Both Aquatic Centre and administration staff will be recalled on Monday, Feb. 8, with regular hours being restored to the fitness room that same day. Michael Ulriksen, the city’s leisure services director, said the closure of the pool, which started on Dec. 24, provided some flexibility in the department’s budget. “The temporary shutdown that we had in the aquatic center allowed us to do our maintenance instead of having to do it later in the year,” he told council. Other reasons the leisure servi...

Saskatchewan Trade & Export Partnership (STEP) will be hosting its first “live event” on the newly launched SaskTrade Showcase January 25 to 28. The virtual platform promotes products and . . .

Mayor Rob Muench discussed revenue, asset management, and the Costco Trip effect during the Chamber's annual Mayor's Breakfast.

On Jan. 30, the WHO declared the coronavirus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The first confirmed cases of the disease in Italy on Jan. 31. By March, Europe was considered the active centre of the disease. On March 11, the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Public facilities were closed down across east central Saskatchewan. Face-to-face teaching in schools ended. Public events were cancelled. Businesses closed down or found alternate ways to serve their customers. The first case the East Central Recorder could confirm in the region was in Humboldt. The person in questi...

$1.6 million The city’s largest project in 2010 will see $1.6 million spent replacing water lines and repaving sections of 16th Street. “This is a large project for our department,” said Peter Bergquist, Humboldt’s public works and utilities director. “The difference from previous years to this year is we realize that with this particular road and how busy it is. We want to replace the water main, the base and the road structure in the same year.” Water mains will be replaced and upsized from south of Highway 5 to 11th Avenue. Directional drilling will occur under Highway 5 to...