The real increase to property taxpayers by increasing water rates and ‘hiding’ increases in solid waste and recycling fees was highlighted by an annual enquiry to Administration from Councillor Brian Swanson.
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It will be a case of living up to their name as Nature Moose Jaw will be holding their annual AGM in the great outdoors this afternoon.
The AGM will be held at 2 pm in Kinsmen Wellesley Park. Nature Moose Jaw asks all attendees to bring a lawn chair, water bottle and your ideas to the meeting.
COVER PHOTO BY Elaine Gill
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This week’s Rhino’s Ramblings uses media sources and conversations with journalists in New Zealand to piece together what happened to Ticket Rocket, where the company came from and the impact its’ bankruptcy has left for thousands of people across the globe.
It is a longer column divided into sections to hopefully give our readers here and abroad a better understanding of what happened.
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Students and staff who thought they would be returning to full on campus classes commencing in January have learnt that in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID - 19 it will not be happening as the pandemic’s effects spreads into 2021.
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The City of Moose Jaw would like to advise motorists that the traffic lines on 1st Avenue NW will be repainted today - Friday September 11th.
There will be detours to facilitate the work please follow the signage.
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A story based upon the suicide epidemic on many First Nations and faced by others is the backdrop of a film written and co-produced by Moose Jaw film maker Dustan Hlady. It is a story about salvation, redemption and reconcilliation.
Hlady talks about the film which has been chosen to appear in five film festivals this year. It is a story of love for Saskatchewan film making and how the medium allows us to bridge gaps and tell our local stories and not the stories of other places.
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A matter from personnel committee drew a little bit of political sparring between councillors as to claims a potential raise for 14 in scope employees was hidden from the public.
The raise if approved in the 2021 Operating Budget will see the 14 out of scope employees share in an additional $91,000 above their recent June 2020 raise.
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Despite continued concerns about the proposed location of the new joint use school Council voted in favour of signing a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding to allow the project to move forward.
There was debate with the reasons for the continued concerns and opposition within the community about the proposed South Hill location read the story for further details as to why.
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Council has decided to offer ticket purchasers who can not get a refund for tickets they purchased to two concerts and three Warriors’ hockey games through Ticket Rocket equivalent value gift cards.
Council also heard for the first time that the troubles with Ticket Rocket were going on prior to the Scotties with Mosaic Place having to request monies to be remitted every Friday for the national women’s curling championship.
Council also admitted the gift cards are likely not what most ticket purchasers want but it is the best option as there is no $200,000 in the bank to pay out people still seeking refunds.
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Our weekly report on the progress of Phase Five of the Cast Iron Water Main Replacement. All photos were taken yesterday.
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Yet a fifth Moose Jaw business has been hit with an alert from the Saskatchewan Health Authority as someone who was infectious was in the business premises and there is a potential to pass on the illness.
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If Julie Andrews were to move to Moose Jaw you might hear her singing “Doe, a buck, some change in your pocket, it is something you are going to need today and the….” as the City will once again be charging not only to ride the bus starting today but you also will need change to plug the metered parking spots.
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Not only will there be children in school zones starting Tuesday September 8th in Moose Jaw there are two schools - Prince Arthur and St Agnes - where construction may change the traditional pedestrian and vehicle patterns as children attempt to get to school.
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.Despite it being a windy day the City’s annual Household Hazardous Waste Day helped to divert thousands of kilograms of harmful materials from the landfill
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A school trustee asked questions about the reasons behind conducting a Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) and who paid for it regarding the proposed South Hill joint use school.
A report to be presented to Moose Jaw City Council this Tuesday evening states the TIA was done after the City and the Ministry’s own consultant identified traffic concerns the new school would bring to the area.
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Due to illness there will be no new Rhino's Ramblings this week but instead we offer the following a discussion of what really happened when the South Hill Joint Use School was announced. The column was initially published on March 4th of this year.
The commentary is backed up with documents obtained through a Freedom Of Information request which shed light on the behind the scenes machinations developing the proposed joint-use school and call into question what really transpired.
It can be argued what was said publicly in a major way deviates from what was really going on behind the scenes and the two school divisions were not working in collaboration with the City of Moose Jaw when it came to the final site selection.
The documents call into question if the school divisions were as transparent as they portray themselves in public to be.
Was there really honest community input is something which may be asked.
The internal documents to some extent back up the arguments of Trustee Jan Radwanski.
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Here is a list of the City facilities and services that are open or operating on Labour Day.
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Enjoy the long weekend as it looks like just before school starts a blast of Fall is about to descend on Moose Jaw with a frost which may wipe out your garden and flowers on Monday night.
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