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UPDATE: Well that was quick! All is right in the world again because Santa Claus has made his way home! No need to make that naughty list any longer than it needs to be. Thank you and happy holidays! From your Indian Head and Montmartre RCMP members.

There are 175 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on November 24, 2020, bringing the provincial total to date to 6,883 cases. The seven-day average of daily cases is 209 (17.3 new cases per 100,000 population).

CUDWORTH — An individual at Cudworth School has been diagnosed with COVID-19. The Horizon School Division was made aware by public health officials late Nov. 23.

Prepare to hear some noise from your cell phone. On Nov. 25 at 1:55 p.m. in Saskatchewan, a public alerting test will be conducted. The tests are being done all across the country except for Nunavut.

The Battlefords North Stars are getting a break on rental rates at the Civic Centre due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The “Merry & Bright” The 25th Annual Festival of Trees will officially wrap up today at 4:30 p.m.

Fewer than a third of residents of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba have reported crimes to the police.

A preliminary hearing for an Onion Lake Cree Nation man accused of killing a Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation man didn’t go ahead in Lloydminster Provincial Court.

Third-quarter numbers are in for the Battlefords News-Optimist RCMP detachment and they show a significant increase in calls for service for the first nine months of the year.

When COVID-19 first hit, Verona Thibault wanted to be pragmatic about keeping communities strong in the face of the work closures and stay home orders that have hit Saskatchewan communities.