Caribou And 9th Avenue NW To Re-Open With Changed Traffic Flow
Literally almost once the paint is dry the intersection of 9th Avenue NW and Caribou Street West is set to re-open after being closed for weeks.
The intersection will re-open with a new traffic configuration where the inside lanes of 9th Avenue NW going north or south are left hand turn lanes only.
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Rhino's Ramblings - The Election And This And That
A brief look at the race to be mayor in the November 3rd byelection and a call in late spring from the Regina Police Service.
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Ten Questions With Brett McAuley
To help people decipher the Mayor’s race MJ Independent has plans to feature any of the nine candidates at least once in our publication.
Today we feature Brett McAuley.
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Decision On Free Parking In Days Leading Up To Christmas Tabled
An initiative by the Moose Jaw and District Chamber of Commerce to give shoppers two hours of free metered parking will have to wait for a decision until Council’s November 22nd meeting.
The tabling motion was made because the Downtown Business Association had not discussed the initiative and their next meeting is on November 9th.
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City Christmas Lights "Off" Following Weekend Downtown Business Promotion
The annual question was asked if the City putting up and turning on the Christmas lights in the Downtown was not disrespectful to Veterans and the usual answer was given except this year there is an unexpected twist.
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Local Terry Fox Run Raises More Funds In 2021 Than Last Year
The 2021 edition of the local Terry Fox Run raised more funds for the Terry Fox Foundation than in 2020.
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Advance Polls Open Starting Tuesday
Voting in the Byelection to elect Moose Jaw’s new mayor starts tomorrow as the Advance Polls open.
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Acting Mayor Says Pandemic's Impact Still Needs To Be Considered At Budget Time
An on-line survey has given Council some food for thought in the upcoming budget as a large portion of the survey’s respondents indicted the COVID - 19 pandemic has negatively impacted their finances.
In questioning Acting Mayor Dawn Luhning said it is something Council needs to take into consideration in the upcoming 2022 Budget deliberations.
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Ten Questions With Mike Simpkins
To help people decipher the Mayor’s race MJ Independent has plans to feature any of the nine candidates at least once in our publication.
Today we feature Mike Simpkins.
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Ten Questions With Michael Haygarth
To help people decipher the Mayor’s race MJ Independent has plans to feature any of the nine candidates at least once in our publication.
Today we feature Michael Haygarth.
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Ten Questions With Clive Tolley
To help people decipher the Mayor’s race MJ Independent has plans to feature any of the nine candidates at least once in our publication.
Today we feature Clive Tolley.
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Weekly Trash Collection For October Tabled To Budget Deliberations
Council decided to not approve weekly residential trash collection in October 2021 but will look at the matter for future years as part of their 2022 budget deliberations.
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Tickets Being Purchased But People Not Showing Up Impacting Mosaic Place's Budget
The disparity between the number of people - who have bought tickets to events - and actually show up at the event is impacting the bottom line at Mosaic Place. The impact is being felt in such things as food and beverage sales where the facility budgets each attendee to spend so much once through the doors.
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MJPS Asks For Earlier Access To Vehicle Funds Following July Accident
A July accident when members of the MJPS were making a traffic stop had the police asking for earlier access to funds to replace the unit which SGI determined was a total write off and not worth repairing.
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Ten Questions With Kim Robinson
To help people decipher the Mayor’s race MJ Independent has plans to feature any of the nine candidates at least once in our publication.
Today we feature Kim Robinson.
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Exhibition Company Planning Normal Capital Budget
Despite the challenges faced by many non-profits and other exhibition companies throughout the province the Moose Jaw Exhibition Company has not lost a beat on its capital maintenance projects and plans to continue its maintenance projects in 2022.
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Council Votes To Mediate Dispute Between Neighbourhood And Daycare
Council approved a discretionary use application to allow a daycare in a residential neighbourhood after discussion which included the City getting involved in order to mediate parking problems between the business owner and the neighbourhood.
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Percentage-wise Meth Seizures Top List Of Crimes
Crystal Methamphetamine, residential break and enters, cannabis and rape are percentage-wise the fastest growing crimes the Moose Jaw Police Service (MJPS) has dealt so far in 2021.
Chief Rick Bourassa addressed the growing numbers of residential break-ins tying the rise to drug addiction and more people not staying at home in 2021 versus 2020.
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