Wet weather has forced the cancellation of this week’s Wakamow Valley Farmers Market. The market will return next week - weather permitting.
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Unseen existing infrastructure plus the complexity of the project had Council approving additional funds to complete the 17 inch water main from the Downtown area to the new industrial park in the city’s southeast.
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After 100 years the memory of the last Commonwealth soldier killed in World War I as well as all other soldiers is remembered in a plaque unveiled earlier this morning at the Crescent Park cenotaph.
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A further trio of COVID - 19 outbreaks have been declared in Moose Jaw making four active outbreaks declared in the city.
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The cast iron replacement program in front of William Grayson School is expected to not be completed until sometime the week of September 13th - weather permitting in the latest update.
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A reader asked us to find the answer if a councilor had to resign or not resign in order to run for the vacant mayor’s chair in the November 3rd byelection.
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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.
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Despite 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.
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The two approaches to stopping the spread of Crystal Meth use are discussed in this month’s column
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It will be a cooler and potentially wetter Saturday but here are the events which may be of interest to MJ Independent readers.
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A 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.
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Sask Polytechnic has announced that all staff, students and visitors to its campuses must be fully vaccinated.
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School 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.
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Today’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.
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The 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.
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A 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.
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The 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
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An example of one of the many street signs awaiting replacement by the City of Moose Jaw.
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