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Weyburn, Lloydminster, Wawota – Election night, 2019. Pipeline News asked four people from the oilpatch across the province what the results of this election mean for the oilpatch.

WATROUS — Watrous RCMP are warning the public that their area has been the target of a phone scam, with the caller claiming to be with Service Canada. The caller is looking for information and verification of bank account and SIN numbers.

New Democrat candidate Marcella Pedersen has publicly offered her congratulations to Rosemarie Falk on her re-election as Member of Parliament for Battlefords-Lloydminster.

The riding of Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill, which has some areas north of Nipawin, has a new MP.

Another firearm discharge has taken place in North Battleford. Battlefords RCMP report that on Oct. 22, at 2:20 a.m., members responded to a complaint of a firearm being discharged.

There were mixed emotions in the campaign headquarters for Cathay Wagantall on Oct. 21. On one hand, her own campaign was a resounding success. The incumbent Yorkton-Melville MP handily took the race, with 76.

EAST CENTRAL — The country is in for a rocky ride for the next four years, said the newly reelected Conservative MP for Prince Albert. With 150 of 175 polls reporting, Randy Hoback received 20,549 out of 30,172 votes cast.

EAST CENTRAL — Kelly Block, the Conservative incumbent for Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek, has been returned to Parliament. At the time of writing, Block had received 10,569 of out 13,218 votes counted. So far, 80 out of 184 poll boxes have been counted.

See a video of remarks by Conservative Rosemarie Falk, returned to her seat in Ottawa, on our twitter feed . Click here Rosemarie Falk has run away with Battlefords-Lloydminster.

On Oct. 19, 2019, at approximately 11:30 p.m., Meadow Lake RCMP responded to the report of a firearm being discharged once at a residence on the 600 block of Sergent Avenue in Meadow Lake.