An intersection described as a “Death Trap” by Mayor Clive Tolley will be the subject of a Town Hall meeting for residents and other stakeholders on December 1st.
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Moose Jaw has received recognition as an Age Friendly Community for its efforts with senior residents.
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It wasn’t a good night for your Moose Jaw Warriors on the big West Coast swing.
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For local conspiracy theorists who insist the police monitored and did perhaps more locally when it came to last winter's truckers’ Freedom Rally your fears just got a major boost.
As part of the Moose Jaw Police Service's (MJPS) Budget 2023 presentation to Council on Tuesday afternoon an officer inadvertently let it slip the MJPS had liaised with a national security agency about the Freedom Rally amongst other gatherings.
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The Moose Jaw Police Service attended Tuesday afternoon’s special Council meeting bringing a bevy of facts that yes Dorothy and Toto the Friendly City you grew up to love and admire just isn’t here anymore.
To combat the crime problem they are seeking a 5.49 percent increase in their 2023 budget after receiving a similar 5.58 percent in 2022 versus 2021.
It works out to a 1.84 percent increase in the municipal mill rate.
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The third and final installment on our three part series takes a look at Prairie Sky Apparel.
This chapter delves into the moves students had made which have gone awry at the worst possible mment.
The last in series.
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This year’s edition of Vanier Entrepreneurship 30 class, Junior Achievement, features everything from home blended soup to sweats.
In this second part of a three part story we feature the homemade soup mix company Mix Inc.
Part Two of a Three Part Series
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Two new businesses have been launched by the students in Vanier Collegiate’s Entrepreneurship 30 class we ask the Moose Jaw and District Chamber of Commerce about the importance of the Junior Achievement initiative at the school.
How important is the hands on factor when it comes to building the entrepreneurs and creative risk takers of the future.
Come back later for stories on each of the two businesses.
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It may not be a popular opinion for some in the local farming community but at MJ Independent we publish opinions and letters which sometimes go against established views.
Here is one for local gardeners who may like more information on alternatives to the herbicide RoundUp for their own yards.
We take no position on this letter but we have looked over the information and feel it is something our readers with a green thumb may be interested in.
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Your Moose Jaw Warriors made it a perfect weekend sweeping both games in a home and home series versus the Swift Current Broncos.
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Your Moose Jaw Warriors were victorious in the first game of a home and home with Swift Current.
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A man who plead guilty to serious narcotics and weapons charges but was released until sentencing to temporary house arrest almost two years ago has been located in Edmonton.
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Your Moose Jaw Warriors had a date with the East Division’s whipping boys, the Prince Albert Raiders, on Tuesday night.
Sadly it all ended in the Warriors losing 2 - 1 in what on paper should have been a sure win.
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The City is planning to start removing the snow windrows from select streets starting at 10 pm Sunday evening.
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It wasn’t a good night for your Moose Jaw Warriors as they were defeated by the Medicine Hat Tigers at the Hangar in the second game of the weekend home and home series.
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It took a shootout but your Moose Jaw Warriors added another W to the win column tonight.
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A former Moose Jaw Mavericks and Moose Jaw Minor Hockey Association product and Vanier Collegiate grade 11 student 16 year old Brooklyn Nimegeers has committed to playing with the Ivy League Princeton Tigers commencing in the 2024 - 2025 season.
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It may have gone underground after bubbling up in public at a Moose Jaw Chamber of Commerce’s meeting and at a mid-September regular Council meeting but the fight against what smaller business property owners see as the lack of fairness and inequities in the assessment properties continues to boil behind the scenes.
We get comment from all parties involved as business owners frustrated in their battle “against injustice” continue with their fight.
They are now calling for the City and Council to step in and cut ties with the Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency when their contract expires in 2025 and go to in-house assessors.
They hope it creates an environment where they say common sense can return to the system.
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