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Syrians in Saskatchewan respond to Assad's fall with cautious optimism

Syrians CBC spoke with in Saskatchewan see many potential futures for their home country and are waiting carefully to see what happens next.

'Like driving in a Slurpee': Freezing rain, slushy snow create treacherous roads on Prairies

A section of the Trans-Canada Highway west of Swift Current, Sask., was closed Monday morning after two collisions were reported. Another section of Highway 1 was also closed, from Wolseley to the Manitoba border. Both sections have since reopened.

Sask. family says they're satisfied with sale of rare case of hockey cards from Gretzky's rookie year

A Saskatchewan family made headlines after selling a rare, unopened case of 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee hockey cards for $2.52 million US on Thursday, setting a new world record for the most expensive unopened sports card case ever sold. 
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Syrian Canadian who fled bombing in Aleppo 13 years ago celebrates Assad's ouster

Ali Kharsa and his family left Syria in 2011 amid the outbreak of war and arrived in Canada in 2015. Following the collapse of President Bashar al-Assad's government on Sunday, Kharsa shared his feelings as well as those of his loved ones back in Syria. 'They are all celebrating. They are all saying, 'We are free.'"

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