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Police are looking into a break and enter in Gull Lake.

On Wednesday, Swift Current Rural RCMP followed up on a report of a break-in at a home on Queens Avenue.

Police say sometime between 10:00 am and 6:00 pm, someone broke into the home.

A sum of cash, keys, and a BB gun were reported stolen

RCMP are continuing to investigate.

 Macklin RCMP say the sudden death of a child reported last week is not considered suspicious.

Between Sept. 2 and 8, officers also opened investigations into a fraud complaint, a break and enter at the Macklin Golf Clubhouse sheds, and a suspicious person near a business.

Police responded to a disturbing the peace complaint that was later deemed unfounded, and assisted Emergency Medical Services with a patient.

Officers also received reports of trespassing and property damage at Kinette Park, though there was insufficient evidence to move forward in those cases.

Volleyball is one of several high school sports beginning their season alongside the school year. A joint boys and girls tournament took place in Wilkie last weekend, the McLurg Sr. SuperVolley, and now another tournament in Kerrobert this weekend will keep a busy start to the early season going. 

There have been about 18,000 games across the history of the National Football League, and thanks to "NFL Scorigami", every single final score from those games is publicly available at the tap of a finger. 

The website tracks every unique score in the NFL for the purpose of logging all of the final score combinations until finally getting a "gami", a score that has never happened before in an NFL game. 

The West Central region had a solid week of harvest progress alongside the rest of the province looking at the Ministry of Agriculture crop report for September 2-8.

Recent incidents surrounding the self-proclaimed "Queen of Canada" have Saskatchewan's political parties trading words.

The Saskatchewan NDP is calling for a major, multi-agency review in response to what they call "widespread failures" to act quickly against the occupation of the former Richmound School by Romana Didulo and her followers.

The Town of Leader is reminding residents to properly use community recycling bins after reports of overfilled containers and debris blowing around the area.

In a notice posted this week, the town said bins at the municipal shop have been filled beyond capacity, with items stacked above closed lids or left on the ground.

Officials are asking residents to hold onto recyclables if bins are full rather than leaving them beside the containers.

Federal, provincial, and territorial (FPT) Ministers of Agriculture met in Winnipeg from Sept. 7 to 9 to discuss ways to support a resilient and competitive Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector.

Ministers highlighted challenges, including dry conditions, wildfire impacts, and uncertainty caused by recent tariffs on canola, peas, pork, seafood, and other commodities. They emphasized collaboration to support producers and processors in navigating trade issues, expanding market access, and strengthening critical infrastructure.

The Rosetown Royals senior football team should have a nice crowd for their home opener on Friday against Maple Creek.

Rosetown Central High School students will get out of class early for the 2:00 PM kickoff, meeting a busload of students from down road in Elrose, and also local elementary school kids who will make the trek over from Walter Aseltine School.

Royals head coach, and RCHS teacher Mitch Wintonyk looks forward to the game every year.

"It's a good, fun time for our kids. They really look forward to it."

Police are looking into thefts at two local work sites.

Swift Current Rural RCMP are investigating thefts at sites in the RM of Riverside between August 5 and September 6.

Police say an unknown individual damaged fences at the sites and stole wire.

If you have any information on this incident, you can contact 310 RCMP or Crime Stoppers.