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It's time for the best from the best of the Twitterati on Twitter Tuesday!

This one, "I came THIS close to doing something dumb...and then I woke up."

Here's a Tweet from first thing this morning, "Yesterday, I ignored everything going on in the world and got more than 8 hours sleep."

This guy says, "In 1983 my mom told me no one would ever pay me to stare at a computer screen all day. She was wrong."

A riddle on Twitter, "What rock group has four guys who don't sing? Mount Rushmore."

Q. Why are you running for mayor/council?

The head of the United Nations refugee agency says it is wise of Canada to scale back the number of new refugees it plans to resettle if that helps stabilize the housing market and prevents backlash against newcomers.

Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, met with the prime minister in Ottawa on Monday.

His visit comes a little more than a week after the federal government announced plans to cut overall immigration levels by 20 per cent for 2025 — a cut that includes refugees and protected persons.

Millions of Americans are heading to the polls Tuesday as a chaotic presidential campaign reaches its peak in a deeply divided United States, where voters in only a handful of battleground states will choose the country’s path forward.

Vice-President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump have presented starkly different visions for America's future, but polling shows the two remain in a dead heat. 

Harvest is pretty much complete in the prairie provinces and we are entering the time of year when plans are starting for 2025. Over the next several months, many big events will be held from conferences to trade shows and more. Some of these events focus on woman and all they bring to the industry.

Twenty of the 24 candidates running for city council took part in a candidates forum put on by the Kinsmen Club on Monday night at the Centennial Auditorium in Peacock Collegiate. 

Taking part in the forum were: 

If you were to summarize the weather in October in a few words they would be ‘warm and dry’, and that holds true according to Environment Canada’s October weather statistics. 

All of the weather stations included in the report – 11 in total – showed a departure from normal temperature of at least +1.3°. Moose Jaw’s mean temperature for the month was +7.7°, 2.1° higher than expected. 

Q. Why are you running for mayor/council?

It was an extremely strong month for the City of Moose Jaw when it came to building permits issued in October. 

The city issued a total of 20 permits with a total value of $4.3 million. 

The Moose Jaw Warriors are preparing for Friday night’s game at the Hangar against the Lethbridge Hurricanes. The team then travels to Medicine Hat Saturday to take on the Tigers. 

Senior Boys volleyball quarterfinal tonight, it’s a matchup between Cornerstone and Briercrest - Central, Peacock, and Vanier all have a bye to the semi-finals.

Senior Girls volleyball quarterfinals tonight, Notre Dame plays Cornerstone, Central faces Peacock, and its Rouleau against Briercrest. Vanier has a bye.

NHL last night, the Oilers were shutout by the New Jersey Devils, 3-0.