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Update: Fog advisories lifted

Update: Fog advisories lifted

Visibility is expected to improve late Friday morning.
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Altercation between Meadow Lake care home residents ends in death

Altercation between Meadow Lake care home residents ends in death

No charges have been laid and investigators do not believe there is a risk to public safety.
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Loop Resources: Stemming the waste of grocery store food

Loop Resources: Stemming the waste of grocery store food

Thousands of pounds of unsellable food are diverted from landfills and into the waiting mouths of livestock across Western Canada every year.
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Survey: Service and other factors that trigger tipping’s tipping point across Canada

Survey: Service and other factors that trigger tipping’s tipping point across Canada

For the past couple of years, social media users have shared pictures of the “suggested tip amounts” they have encountered when the bill is brought to them at a restaurant or when they try to pay for a meal using a credit card.
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Maidstone and District News: Carollers brighten a prairie night

Maidstone and District News: Carollers brighten a prairie night

Public skating opportunities in Maidstone, Waseca and Payton
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A year end interview with Premier Scott Moe

A year end interview with Premier Scott Moe

Major focuses of 2022 for the Moe government include the Sask. First Act, health care, more enforcement measures and arrivals from Ukraine.
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An eventful 2022 for Opposition Leader Carla Beck

An eventful 2022 for Opposition Leader Carla Beck

The leader of Saskatchewan New Democrats did not expect to be in this role in 2022.
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Survey: More second thoughts about Canada’s chamber of ‘sober second thought’

Survey: More second thoughts about Canada’s chamber of ‘sober second thought’

About one in four Canadians believe Canada does not need a Senate and want all legislation to be reviewed and authorized by the House of Commons.
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More Canadians support mask mandate return, survey finds

More Canadians support mask mandate return, survey finds

Since Oct. 1, the federal government lifted the mask mandate on airplanes.
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Mayfair and District News: Blue Mountain hosts biathlon competition

Mayfair and District News: Blue Mountain hosts biathlon competition

Rabbit Lake snowmobile rally set for first Saturday in March.
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