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It wasn't like any other day, but it never is. Humboldt was blanketed in pearls of white snow and the temperature was a little chilly, but kids weren't outside making snowmen. The lineup at the Tim Hortons drive-thru was peculiarly small.

The gym at Humboldt Public School is dim and dreary. The lights give off a glow that's more dull yellow than bright white. The whole place just feels worn out, a relic from decades gone by. Off in the corner, though, there's something different.

It's groundbreaking, it has never been done before in Canada, and hardly anywhere else in North America, and yet it's happening in Regina, and Saskatoon by the end of the year.

A major dispute between Canada and the United States over meat-labeling rules is crushing the meat-export industry in Saskatchewan.

More than 30 files/calls for assistance were dealt with by Battlefords RCMP between 6 a.m. Tuesday and 6 a.m.

John and Helen Kerbrat ease into their seats a few minutes before the puck drops, though they've been at the arena for a while already, holding court at the top of Section U.

Between 6 a.m. Friday, Nov. 8 and 6 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11 Battlefords RCMP responded to more than 100 calls for assistance.

Two full 1,000 gallon propane tanks were reported stolen from well sites in the RM of Manitou Lake Oct. 21. Cut Knife RCMP say the tanks were stolen sometime between Oct. 19 and Oct. 21.

The Battlefords Rural Detachment of the RCMP is reporting further arrests in relation to cabin break and enters and thefts in the Cochin and Aquadeo areas that have occurred since late October.

Early this spring the Renwick family sadly lost a dear friend to cancer. They had sat with their friend, during the final weeks and days at the palliative care rooms in St Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon.