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The afternoon of Nov. 16, RCMP search and rescue located human remains in an area north of Highway 15, near the Venne Grid. Saskatoon RCMP Forensic Identification Services attended to the location to assist with the sudden death investigation.

HUMBOLDT — Another classroom at Humboldt's St. Augustine School will switch to online learning after Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools learned another individual was diagnosed with COVID-19.

A missing 22-year-old man from Swift Current has been found deceased. Dreyden Wilda-Libke was last seen on Nov. 7, at a residence on a farm in the RM of Wreford, near Venne, Sask. On Nov.

A Prince Albert man accused of killing his son and parents, and attempting to kill his daughter, had another court appearance adjourned. Nathaniel Carrier, 28, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder.

Saskatchewan worked together to organize ceremonies to raise the Métis Nation flag simultaneously in front of Saskatchewan RCMP Headquarters in Regina and the Saskatoon RCMP Building in Saskatoon on Louis Riel Day (Nov. 16). At 8 a.m.

A virtual event will be held Saturday, Nov. 21, to recognize individuals who have made contributions to the multicultural community and one of those is from Poundmaker Cree Nation.

The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t stopping the Empty Stocking Fund, and isn’t stopping the need for Christmas hampers. The Battlefords Empty Stocking Fund is taking applications starting this week at the Food Bank, 1171 101st St, North Battleford.

The newly-elected mayor of North Battleford and the new council will be sworn in this evening at a ceremonial first council meeting.

On Sunday, Nov. 15, at approximately 9:30 a.m., White Butte RCMP responded to the report of a single vehicle submerged in a creek off a gravel road approximately four kilometres west of Grand Coulee.