Credit Card Caper Costs Crook 75 Day Sentence
A thief with a penchant to use other people’s credit cards without their permission to buy items at convenience stores and the occasional restaurant found out that crimes pay out in jail time.
But the time in remand and Christmas a few days away helped him get out with time served to be with his family.
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Drug Dealer Released To Home In Brownlee On $7,500 Bail
A drug dealer who plead guilty to a variety of drug and weapons charges will be able to spend his time confined 24 hours a day in a home in the hamlet of Brownlee until his case is dealt with in late January by Provincial Court in North Battleford.
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Accused To Spend Christmas And New Year's In Remand
A man who was accused of attempted murder and who ended up being the subject of a Warrant Wednesday will be spending Christmas and New Years in remand.
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Budget Briefs
From no Saturday bus, to new bus routes, snow removal and pickleball
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Council Approves Weekly Garbage Collection For October
It is an issue near and dear to the hearts of the majority of Moose Javians and that is garbage collection.
With the approval of a 38 cent per month increase on your solid waste utility bill - making the monthly bill $9.99 per residence - Council agreed to extend weekly trash collection to now include October.
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Rhino's Ramblings - Liver and Onions
A look at liver and onions in the age of COVID - 19
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Rhino's Ramblings - Liver and Onions
A look at liver and onions in the age of COVID - 19
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Council Approves Out Of Scope Retroactive "Gobbledegook" Pay Increases
The pay raises for out of scope employees based upon modernized job evaluations will soon see 18 supervisory and Administration employees with some extra cash in their pockets.
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Police Receive 5.58 Percent Budget Increase To Fight Increasing Criminal Activity
The rising levels of crime in the community had Council unanimously approve the Moose Jaw Police Services budget increase of 5.58 percent or $565,322.
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Mayor Says Budget Is All About Building A Better City
Despite the critics and the naysayers Mayor Clive Tolley said he is happy with the results of the 2022 Budget.
It is a budget he said designed to make Moose Jaw a better place and money is not just being spent to be spent but rather it is an investment in the future to draw people to the city.
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City To Slide Around $7.2 Million In Reserve Earnings To Finance Operations
In what some critics of City Hall might consider to be a financial shell game, to hide the true extent of the increases of the 2022 Budget, Council agreed to draw down $7.2 million in Reserve earnings to fund both the 2022 Operating and Capital Budgets.
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Cultural Centre To Feature Christmas Movies
A time held local tradition at the Olde Capitol Theatre is about to spring into life.
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Western Development Museum To Feature Ever Popular Christmas Program
A popular Christmas program is being presented this Christmas both in person and virtually by the Western Development Museum in Moose Jaw.
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Council Declines Funding Enhanced Bylaw Enforcement Until 2023
The plans to get the staff of the new bylaw enforcement unit up and running this year is going to have to wait until next year’s budget as Council in budget discussions on Monday evening decided to wait until next year to get it up and running.
Council would like to see a new City Solicitor in place before proceeding.
By all appearances that mountain of unpaid parking tickets, business licenses and other assorted fines is going to have to wait until next year for collection efforts to begin in earnest.
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Animal Cruelty Case Adjourned To December 21st
An animal cruelty case dating back over two years ago was once again adjourned.
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Shoplifting Rum Results In $100 Fine
Deciding to steal a bottle of rum has resulted in a Moose Jaw man receiving a $100 fine for his 18th conviction for petty theft.
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Rhino's Ramblings - Smoke On The Water
A look at questions answered by Mayor Clive Tolley when it comes to the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant
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City Advises Drivers/Fares Report And Don't Take Matters Into Your Own Hands
This week a Moose Jaw man was sentenced to a one year conditional jail sentence in the community for what Moose Jaw Provincial Court characterized as not “provoked” and vigilante in nature.
We asked the City’s Bylaw Enforcement office about it and what either party should do instead of taking the law into their own hands.
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