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MELFORT — A vehicle collided with a pedestrian crossing sign on Shadd Drive in Melfort during the Alberta Clipper storm. Fire crews responded on Jan. 14 at 10:36 p.m. to a vehicle versus sign incident.

KIPABISKAU — Lake Kipabiskau Regional Park Board and Water Quality Committee members have been working for years to improve their dropping water quality and are asking local groups to support them moving forward.

An alleged Westside Outlaws street gang member from North Battleford was denied bail. Tonia Cantel, 22, had a show cause hearing before Judge Kim Young in Lloydminster Provincial Court Jan. 21.

On Jan. 18, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum lifted a state-wide mandatory mask order, with the state having brought its COVID-19 new case numbers down to a level lower than Saskatchewan’s.

Update: Around 7 p.m. Jan. 21, Maidstone RCMP responded to a complaint of a three vehicle collision on Highway 17 south of Lloydminster, near the community of Lone Rock.

Lockdown remains in effect

There is a state of emergency on the Moosomin First Nation due to COVID-19 and a temporary partial lockdown has been declared this week on the reserve. The lockdown took effect Monday, Jan. 18, as an outbreak was declare on Moosomin reserve.

Battle River Treaty 6 Health Centre is reporting it is receiving its first shipments of COVID-19 vaccines this week. The shipment of Pfizer vaccine was due to arrive the week of Jan. 20 and clinics were to be set up Jan.

There are 227 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on January 21, 2021, bringing the provincial total to date to 21,338 cases. Thirteen Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.

Alleged street gang associates accused of shooting at police who were pursuing them during a high-speed chase on Onion Lake Cree Nation had appearances in Lloydminster Provincial Court Jan. 20.