The Moose Jaw Police Service (MJPS) have identified the alleged shooter in the Friday evening search and subsequent standoff at a Ross Street West as Jirard Saddleback, 32, from Calgary.
The have also now released the alleged shooter also had in his possession of crystal meth and cash resulting in additional charges above and beyond attempted murder and weapons charges initially laid.
Read MorePhotos and a story about the Friday evening shots fired incident as well as a bit of a personal explanation of what and how we were able to witness and video/photograph what was happening as it unfolded.
Read MoreFriday evening there was an incident in the area of Caribou Street West and Ross Street West at 300 block as the Moose Jaw Police Service were in pursuit of an alleged shooter.
At three shots were fired and we have video of the standoff negotiations and the final arrest as MJ Independent was initially outside of the barricaded area and the alleged shooter ended up meters away from our reporter.
Read MoreEnvironment Canada has issued a Special Weather Statement for Moose Jaw and area saying expect snow this weekend
Read MoreAn almost three decade old tradition the Whistlestop Christmas Craft Sale runs today and Saturday at the Convention Centre on the Moose Jaw Exhibition Grounds 250 Thatcher Drive East.
Read MoreIt was a good night for the Warriors as they shot down the visiting Regina Pats.
Read MoreIf you want to take an early look at the City’s Downtown Christmas lights they are on for the next couple of nights as the Christmas In October event is happening.
Read MoreA look at the Moose Jaw Police Service budget and the quest by this publication to gather more details of where our tax dollars are being spent.
We break the results of a recent decision from the Privacy Commissioner on the issue and we’re sorry the decision is it is a no go.
Read MoreIf you like equine events - or if you just want to see the horses - and you like horse jumping then starting tomorrow there is a FREE Hunter/Jumper show going on at the Moose Jaw Exhibition Grounds.
See details in the story.
Read MoreThe third and final part of the story why Moose Jaw received the Great Plains Power Station.
The story relies on internal SaskPower documents acquired by an FOI.
It is a final tale of what, buts and a whole lot of IFs.
Read MoreThe U of R is now testing Moose Jaw’s wastewater on a weekly basis to measure the amount of the virus that causes COVID in it.
Read MoreAt the present time SaskPower is building a 360 Megawatt (MW) - the Great Plains Power Station - in Moose Jaw’s Agri-Food Industrial Park.
But what did it take to get the project envisioned by SaskPower in 2014 into actual construction in Moose Jaw?
To find out MJ Independent submitted an FOI and after a lot of hard work received hundreds of pages of documents - many of them marked confidential and never publicly released - to get the story from the inside.
In part two we look at all of the twist and turns the City of Moose Jaw took in order to succeed against the three other proposed locations.
Read MoreThe ever popular Christmas in October promotion runs Downtown October 20th - October 23rd
Read MoreNot replacing the non-existent cast iron water main on the 1300 block of 1st Avenue NW is actually a good thing and using a hydrovac to see what was actually underground saved money the City says.
The response comes after numerous people told MJ Independent the work was unnecessary and cost taxpayers money they didn’t need to pay.
Read MoreThe Peacock Tornadoes have made the playoffs by defeating the Swift Current Colts 43 - 27 on Saturday.
Read MoreAfter 10 years at the Moose Jaw Public Library the outgoing Children’s Librarian Tina Dolcetti - aka Miss Tina - is about to turn a new page in her story as she heads off to new challenges.
Read MoreThe recession is coming sooner rather than later but it will be short lived according to a recently released Royal Bank of Canada report.
Read MoreIt wasn’t the best of first periods but a hot Connor Ungar kept the Warriors in it as the team came back and defeated the visiting Lethbridge Hurricanes.
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