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After weeks of being ready to evacuate at a moment’s notice due to a wildfire burning just kilometres away, the owner of JD’s Mini Golf posted a video of rain falling outside her business in Candle Lake, Sask. The video included a note for viewers to have the sound on, so they didn’t miss the soft patter as the drops fell on the resort village Saturday. “Amongst everything that’s going on right now with the wildfire at our doorsteps, you just needed to be able to back away from that and hear the sound of the rain and what it was bringing to us,” Jackie Davis said in a phone interview on Sunday. “It was amazing \u2014 long time overdue. It was like, over a month since we’ve had some.”… <\/p>\n

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After weeks of being ready to evacuate at a moment’s notice due to a wildfire burning just kilometres away, the owner of JD’s Mini Golf posted a video of rain falling outside her business in Candle Lake, Sask. The video included a note for viewers to have the sound on, so they didn’t miss the soft patter as the drops fell on the resort village Saturday. “Amongst everything that’s going on right now with the wildfire at our doorsteps, you just needed to be able to back away from that and hear the sound of the rain and what it was bringing to us,” Jackie Davis said in a phone interview on Sunday. “It was amazing \u2014 long time overdue. It was like, over a month since we’ve had some.”... <\/p>\n

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