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Brad Wall’s return highlights busy day at Leg

Brad Wall’s return highlights busy day at Leg

Daily Leg Update - Wall’s portrait is unveiled; NDP leader Beck responds on party’s position on Sask. First Act.
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Significant number of break-ins to SaskPower transformers

Significant number of break-ins to SaskPower transformers

If your tip leads to an arrest or charge, you may be eligible for a reward of up to $2,000.
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Saskatchewan Skies: Mars at closest approach to Earth for 2022 on Dec. 1

Saskatchewan Skies: Mars at closest approach to Earth for 2022 on Dec. 1

Jupiter shines prominently throughout the evening hours in the constellation Pisces.
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Canada's highest court overturns Ryan Clark's murder conviction

Canada's highest court overturns Ryan Clark's murder conviction

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Canada overturned Ryan Clark's 2018 second-degree murder conviction.
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B’fords RCMP Weekly Report: Ten arrested for being unlawfully in a dwelling

B’fords RCMP Weekly Report: Ten arrested for being unlawfully in a dwelling

Detachment responds to 446 calls.
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Update: Missing Turtleford woman found dead

Update: Missing Turtleford woman found dead

Missing woman, Keila Campbell, was found deceased.
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Printer glitch holds up $500 affordability cheques

Printer glitch holds up $500 affordability cheques

Harpauer: No "perfect database"
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Is the NDP for or against the Sask. First Act?

Is the NDP for or against the Sask. First Act?

Daily Leg Update - The NDP raise eyebrows after the Saskatchewan First Act passes second reading 43-0, with six NDP votes in favor.
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Proposed North Battleford tax increase now under six per cent

Proposed North Battleford tax increase now under six per cent

Increase now proposed to be 5.96, but nothing is final yet as second night of budget deliberations takes place
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Floyd Favel brings his novel, Ashes and Embers, to the Battlefords

Floyd Favel brings his novel, Ashes and Embers, to the Battlefords

“Dedicated to all Delmas Indian Residential School students. May your stories live forever,” reads the acknowledgments at the beginning of the book.
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