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RCMP are searching for a male and female who were spotted in the Melville and Ituna area that may be involved in an abduction. Click article for details.

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The weather is turning the corner and Communities in Bloom in Fort Qu’Appelle is once again getting ready to spruce up the town. To read this story and more, pick up a copy of this weeks edition or subscribe by calling us toll free at 1-844-GNG-NEWS (ext. 227). You can also sign up for an online subscription for only $5 per month at www.grasslandsnews.ca

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Nov. 23 reports 235 additional cases of COVID-19 and four more deaths. Click article for details.

Beginning Thursday, Nov. 19, masks will be required in all indoor public spaces in Saskatchewan. Visitation to all long-term care facilities and personal care homes will be suspended, with the exception of compassionate reasons. Click article for details

The Saskatchewan government has announced they will provide $400 a month for two months to workers in long-term care facilities, personal care homes, integrated healthcare facilities and for home care workers providing care to seniors in their own homes. Click article for details.

Effective today, masks are now mandatory in larger communities in Saskatchewan and a curfew on alcohol sales goes into effect. Click article for more details.

The Indian Head RCMP are investigating a hit and run collision that occurred at about 10 a.m. on Nov. 3 in the town of Qu'Appelle. RCMP state that a large cube van delivery truck collided with a power pole just east of the tourist information booth causing the power pole to break and power lines to fall. Nobody was injured as a result of this but the vehicle did not remain at the scene or report it to the police. Residents of Qu'Appelle and area lost power for many hours in ...order for repairs to be made. The cube van did not have any specific markings on it, the storage area of the truck was white and the cab may have been green with a green front bumper. It is suspected that this truck backed into the power pole and caused the damage to it. If anybody has information on this, was involved or saw what happened, they are asked to contact the Indian Head RCMP at (306) 695-5200, call 310-RCMP for immediate response, or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

Effective Nov. 6, masks will be mandatory for indoor public spaces in Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert. Indoor gathering sizes have also been reduced from 15 to 10 people. Click article for details.

A 30-year-old female was killed and three children between the ages of 7 to 12 were all seriously injured in a collision between a car and a train on a highway near Rosthern. Click article for details.

Saskatchewan has seen a spike in COVID cases over the last week with 386 new cases reported, including a new daily high of 78 being recorded on Oct. 24. During the same seven day period, 135 people have recovered and 23 people are in hospital. Click article for details.

The STF says the government didn't go far enough with today's stricture COVID measures and is calling for masks to be mandatory for all staff and students and for school divisions to move immediately to Level 3. Click article for details.

Don’t forget to cast your ballot today in the provincial election. Polling stations are open until 8 p.m. To find where you vote, look at your voter information card or check online at elections.sk.ca.

The latest possible COVID exposures include the Chicken Chef and Motor Hotel in Esterhazy as well as the Benchmark Bar & Grill in Indian Head. Click article for details.

MNP in Saskatchewan has donated $500,000 to STARS to help with their multi-year plan to replace its fleet with nine new medically equipped Airbus H145 helicopters, at a cost of CAD $13 million each. Click article for details.

There have been COVID exposures reported on numerous dates at Underground Fitness in Esterhazy and Burger King in Yorkton. Click article for details.

Stolen Snowmobiles - Indian Head RCMP The Indian Head RCMP are investigating the theft of snowmobiles that occurred on October 14, 2020 at about 10:53 p.m. Suspect(s) broke into a compound of a business in Indian Head and they were driving a white panel van with no markings on it. The van backed up to a trailer that had two snowmobiles on it and left the compound seven minutes later with the trailer in tow. The trailer had Saskatchewan licence plate 410 KVS attached to it and the snowmobiles were a blue 2008 Polaris and a white 2012 Ski-Doo. If anybody seen something suspicious in the area or has knowledge of this incident, they are asked to contact the Indian Head RCMP at (306) 695-5200, call 310-RCMP for immediate response, or you can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

The Underground Fitness and Freshmart in Esterhazy have been included in the latest list of businesses that have had a potential COVID exposure by a person or persons that were likely infected. Click article for details.

The addition of 40 new COVID cases in Saskatchewan bring the total to 2,270 cases reported (299 still active) since the pandemic started. With 225,532 COVID tests having been done in the province so far, numbers show that one percent (1%) of the people being tested are testing positive. Click article for details.

The province is reducing gathering sizes to 15 people after 190 new cases of COVID have been reported in the province in the last week. Click article for details.