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Fire Guts Saskatchewan Town’s Last Elevator

Still too early to know what sparked the fire

November 30, 2020
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Residents of Prelate, Sask. had a rude awakening Tuesday as the village’s last grain elevator, owned by Paterson Grain, was engulfed in flames.

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