A byelection has been declared to fill the vacant Mayor’s chair for November 3rd but despite Council voting on 14 points to run the election a lot of questions remain open.
Plus the possibility of a second byelection being triggered if a councillor should run for mayor, win and not resign soon enough for the councillor position to be on the ballot.
This could be a Moose Jaw civic election like no other.
Read MoreDespite misgivings and not being informed of the full financial implications in a tender awarded in June Council voted 5 - 1 to loan $150,000 to Mosaic Place to start-up the in-house food and beverage service.
The lack of a Plan B - if Council had voted no - did not sit well with at least one Councillor as hail and questions pelted down on Spectra’s manager in Moose Jaw, Ryan MacIvor.
The story includes a two minute video of the exchange.
Read MoreThe two approaches to stopping the spread of Crystal Meth use are discussed in this month’s column
Read MoreIt will be a cooler and potentially wetter Saturday but here are the events which may be of interest to MJ Independent readers.
Read MoreA very confident Talon Regent officially opened his campaign office Friday morning and spoke about the NDP being ready for the federal election campaign.
It is a campaign the candidate for Moose Jaw - Lake Centre - Lanigan said Liberal leader Justin Trudeau called for selfish reasons and totally unnecessary.
Read MoreSask Polytechnic has announced that all staff, students and visitors to its campuses must be fully vaccinated.
Read MoreSchool might be a couple of weeks away but new riders on the big yellow school buses took a big step to riding safely thanks to the First Rider Program.
Read MoreToday’s photo from the Saskatchewan Barrel Racing Association provincial finals being held at the Golden Mile Arena on the Moose Jaw Exhibition Grounds.
The competition starts tomorrow at 9 am with the final runs. The awards are expected to be given out to division champions between noon and 1 pm. The event is FREE to attend.
Read MoreThe preliminary runs are over in the youth divisions (5 - 18 years old) at the Saskatchewan Barrel Racing Association provincial finals being held at the Moose Jaw Exhibition grounds.
We do a story about the importance of the youth divisions in Saskatchewan’s largest horse show - even if you don’t like rodeo sports there are some cute photos in the story.
Read MoreA letter from the soon to be ex-Mayor Fraser Tolmie and a look at the underground war soon to be former mayor had with local media.
Read MoreThe Saskatchewan Barrel Racing Association opened up their first day of competition at the Moose Jaw Exhibition Grounds today until Thursday here are photos from this evening’s action
Read MoreAn example of one of the many street signs awaiting replacement by the City of Moose Jaw.
Read MoreA series of photos depicting a small snippet of the harvest going on across the province.
Read MoreThe SHA has issued a second alert of a potential for increased exposure to COIVID - 19 in relation to the August 6th Saskatchewan Roughrider game
Read MoreThe horses and riders to compete in the Saskatchewan Barrel Racing Association provincial championships started arriving on Sunday.
Read MoreIf you were at the Rider game and seated in the Pil Country section the Saskatchewan Health Authority is asking you monitor for symptoms after an attendee in the section was determined to have been infectious with COVID - 19 at the game.
Read MoreThe good news continued for the City’s investment portfolio.
Read MoreA resident had a bit of a surprise just after midnight as a limb from a City-owned tree fell on his car.
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