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Fewer people calling Mom on Mother’s Day

SaskTel says a million long-distance calls were placed on Mother's Day in 2009, but it anticipated only half that number this year. File / Global News

REGINA – Did you call your mother yesterday, or did you text?

SaskTel says a million long-distance calls were placed on Mother’s Day in 2009, but it anticipated only half that number this year.

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SaskTel says it’s because people are texting instead of dialling.

SaskTel was expecting more than six million Mother’s Day text messages this year.

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