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It took a little while to get here, but the first real snowfall of the season is upon us, dropping several centimeters of snow on Moose Jaw in short order.  

Now that the first real taste of winter has arrived, the question of how to deal with it remains, and for some, finding out who is responsible for doing so.  

Thankfully, the City of Moose Jaw has bylaws on the books pertaining to proper, safe snow removal.  

SaskAlert, the provincial emergency alert system, will be conducting a test of their services this afternoon. 

Scheduled for 1:55 p.m., test alerts will appear on television, radio, wireless devices and through the SaskAlert app. 

The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency is issuing the test via the federal public alert system, Alert Ready. 

The ABBA-inspired musical ‘Mama Mia!’ will be coming to the Moose Jaw Centre for Arts & Culture Thursday, Nov. 21 through Sunday, Nov. 24. 

Vanier Theatre Productions is putting on the show, with performances on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7 p.m., and a matinee on Sunday starting at 2 p.m.  

The Santa Claus Parade will be returning to Moose Jaw on Dec. 8, and applications are currently being accepted for participants. 

Registered participants will be asked to form up at the old Zellers parking lot starting at 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 8, with the parade starting at 6 p.m. at the top of Main Street. 

The Saskatchewan Party has announced their cabinet for their upcoming term, with the southeast seeing some new representation.

Daryl Harrison, the MLA for the Cannington constituency, will be serving as the Minister of Agriculture.

Harrison says that he's honoured to serve, bringing with him first-hand experience in the industry.

The Moose Jaw Warriors continue preparations for tomorrow night’s game at the Moose Jaw Events Centre against the conference-leading Saskatoon Blades. Puck drop is at 7, and you can catch all the action on Country 100 with James Gallo, starting with the pregame show at 6:40.

The Blades were 5-3 winners over Medicine Hat last night. One other game had the Tri City Americans beating the Broncos, in Swift Current, 3-1. The Americans play the Pats, in Regina, tonight.

There are shoes to fill, and then there are the big, distinguished shoes at Chow McLeod Barristers & Solicitors of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. But lawyers Parker A. Chow, B.Comm, J.D. and Devin R. Wilder, B.A., LL.B. have already laced them up.

Chow, for one, was already planning to follow in the family footsteps in elementary school.

Canada Post and the postal workers union found slivers of consensus Tuesday amid talks with a special mediator, but "a lot of ground" remains between them on the key concerns as a countrywide strike entered its fifth day.

“On smaller issues, we were able to find some progress,” said Canada Post spokesman Jon Hamilton in a phone interview.

"The special mediator has helped facilitate those discussions. So we're going to continue to be at it. We're committed to getting collective agreements," he said, adding that arbitration is off the table for now.

Canada's inflation rate climbed back up to two per cent in October, shifting expectations slightly in favour of a smaller, quarter-percentage point interest rate cut next month. 

The report from Statistics Canada on Tuesday said prices in October increased at a faster annual pace in five out of the eight major components of the consumer price index.

A major driving factor of the uptick in headline inflation was gasoline prices on an annual basis falling to a lesser extent in October compared with September.

Maryna Goncharova and her partner Sergiy Goncharov of Moose Jaw found themselves $100,000 after purchasing a winning LOTTO MAX and EXTRA ticket. 

Goncharova had the lottery ticket from the Aug. 13 draw sitting in her purse for months and finally decided to check it while grocery shopping.