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Canadians got a break on inflation in March as gas prices fell and a slowdown in travel to the United States helped cool airfare costs, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.

The annual rate of inflation slowed to 2.3 per cent last month, down from 2.6 per cent in February. A poll provided by LSEG Data & Analytics ahead of Tuesday’s release had expected yearly inflation to hold steady month-to-month.

StatCan said gas prices fell 1.6 per cent year-over-year in March, coming off a hike of 5.1 per cent in February.

The Biggar RCMP are on the lookout for a fuel thief.

At 4:30 AM on April 7, it was reported that 300 gallons of diesel fuel was stolen from a locomotive, located west of Biggar near the access of Oban Road and Highway #14.

Only mentioning one suspect, the thief brought equipment to cut a cable lock off the gas tank to the locomotive and proceeded to fill up a separate tank for 30 to 40 minutes. While on the premises, the thief also located and stole two trail cameras sitting near the train.

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It was cake and celebration at the Legion Community Hall in Cabri on Thursday. 

The Town of Cabri and the Dr. Noble Irwin Regional Healthcare Foundation were cutting the ribbon on the installation of a new digital X-ray machine. 

This new machine cost the community a total of $262,000 and is installed at the Prairie Health Centre in Cabri. The bulk of that money was fundraised by the Cabri Union Hospital Auxiliary. 

President of the Auxiliary, Colleen Wallis, helped organize this idea after it was brought forward in 2017. 

Sixteen more communities, including several in west-central Saskatchewan, are now eligible for the province’s Rural and Remote Recruitment Incentive (RRRI) program, expanding the initiative to a total of 70 locations across the province.

The incentive offers up to $50,000 over three years to new, full-time permanent hires in nine high-priority health care roles in rural and remote areas experiencing or at risk of service disruptions due to staffing shortages.

Manitoba Pork celebrated its 60th anniversary during its annual meeting and industry banquet Thursday in Winnipeg. Producers, processors and various stakeholders gathered at the Fairmont for the day full of meetings which was capped by an evening gala. There are currently 188 registered producers in the province, representing 608 farms and 22,000 full-time equivalent jobs. 

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising that a government led by him would use the notwithstanding clause to override Charter rights to implement his tough-on-crime agenda — something no prime minister has ever done.

Poilievre was campaigning in Montreal on Monday, where he announced he would pass a law to allow judges to impose consecutive life sentences in cases of multiple murders. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 2022 that imposing consecutive life sentences violates an offender's Charter rights.

The Water Security Agency is going through the process of putting the Westside Irrigation Rehabilitation Project (WIRP) through a provincial environmental assessment. 

The provincial release on Monday described it as a "proactive move".

With the ice being taken out inside Inter Pipeline Arena in Kindersley last week, the Kindersley Curling Club likely won't be far behind.

Taking to social media to extend gratitude and more after another successful season, the Kindersley Curling Club shared the following messages to social media.