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By Bastien MacLean, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Kamsack Times Band members were invited to camp out at Elk and Moose campsites at Madge Lake, as the Cote First Nation held a community camp. \u201cWe\u2019ve been running it for the last 30 plus years and it\u2019s always a good time for our community to come out,\u201d said Judge Cote, a councillor at Cote First Nation. \u201cEveryone can have a great time, have some food, have some entertainment.\u201d \u201cDefinitely with the weather we\u2019ve been having, and the washouts, it can definitely dampen some spirits out there. Events like this, it\u2019s nice to just get away from that kind of situation and forget some of our problems for a week, come out and have fun and just enjoy ourselves\u201d. Vendors were on site,… <\/p>\n

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By Bastien MacLean, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Kamsack Times Band members were invited to camp out at Elk and Moose campsites at Madge Lake, as the Cote First Nation held a community camp. \u201cWe\u2019ve been running it for the last 30 plus years and it\u2019s always a good time for our community to come out,\u201d said Judge Cote, a councillor at Cote First Nation. \u201cEveryone can have a great time, have some food, have some entertainment.\u201d \u201cDefinitely with the weather we\u2019ve been having, and the washouts, it can definitely dampen some spirits out there. Events like this, it\u2019s nice to just get away from that kind of situation and forget some of our problems for a week, come out and have fun and just enjoy ourselves\u201d. Vendors were on site,... <\/p>\n

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