Moose Jaw Independent

The unlikely restart of the regular hockey season until the end of March has lead to the City making the difficult decision to close the Pla-Mor Palace’s two rinks for the remainder of the 2020 - 2021 season.

Four individuals are facing fines totaling $11,200 for their alleged involvement in Saturday afternoon’s Saskatchewan Freedom Rally organized by the Forum For Canadian Sovereignty. The charges and fines were issued for allegedly breaking the Public Health Order issued to help stop the spread of COVID - 19.

Despite the fines one of the speakers remained defiant on his Twitter account.

Councillor Dawn Luhning will introduce a motion to review the City’s local and area media spending will be introduced at Council’s next regular meeting.

The Prairie South School Division sent a letter to parents today giving good and bad news but a ray of hope for the future in response to the return to school and the COVID - 19 pandemic.

For Grade 12 students there is bad news as indoor grad ceremonies are tentatively cancelled for the second year due to the pandemic.

A study by the farm advocacy group Agricultural Producers of Saskatchewan shows the federal carbon tax is set to potentially devastate their industry, an industry the City of Moose Jaw is hoping to cash in on through agri-food processing facilities.

The Saskatchewan Hockey Association has issued a news release about the continued restrictions COVID - 19 and the chances of returning to regular league play.

The great unknown of the COVID - 19 pandemic restrictions has lead to the cancellation of the remainder of the curling season in Moose Jaw.

Now that Christmas and New years is over, for both the Gregorian and Julian calendars, the City is offering a way to dispose of your natural Christmas tree in a way that it gives back to the local environment and is not simply disposed of in the landfill.

The blizzard that blew into the area has left many area roads now closed.

Former Moose Jaw Warrior’s head coach Mike Babcock is returning to hockey as an on air analyst with NBC.

School and playground zones are designed for children and so the students at Sask Polytechnic won’t be getting them around their campus.

A look at COVID - 19 and the “promise” of 2021.

After dropping from seven to three active outbreaks over the past month there is now a new COVID - 19 outbreak declared in Moose Jaw and this time it is in an assisted living facility.

Presently three out of the four declared outbreaks are in facilities which house seniors and those with major health problems.