It was a highly emotional and entertaining game as the Peacock Toilers defeated the Vanier Vikings on Tuesday evening in High School Senior Boys basketball action.
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The 2022 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Canada West Curling Championship kicked off at the Moose Jaw Events Centre this morning.
The event features five teams - Moose Jaw, Comox, Edmonton, Cold Lake and Winnipeg - competing for the championship held from today until Thursday.
Admission is FREE and the public is invited to attend. Sitting around a nice plush curling rink catching some curling might just fit the bill on a cold winter’s day.
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The high school basketball season kicked off on Monday evening with games in the junior boys and junior girls divisions.
We attended the junior girls game which saw the Central Cyclones defeat the Vanier Spirits in what was a hard fought game.
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You are going to see an increase in your water and sewer (wastewater) rates in February after a 4 -3 vote in favour of the increases.
It is all part of the special Council meeting on Monday to decide the 2023 budget.
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A North Battleford area man who was given a Christmas reprieve to remain in a friend's home in Brownlee in 2021 is now facing serious drug charges while out on the run.
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It was another good night out on the road for your Moose Jaw Warriors.
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The Moose Jaw Carpet One U15A Mavericks walked away with a win on Saturday evening.
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A look at the 2023 City of Moose Jaw budget and the true effect it is going to have on the poorer homeowners of the city.
The silent majority who live in a home paying $1,500 in property taxes in 2022.
The tax increase this year in practical terms is going to be a major shocker in a time of rising costs just to survive.
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A story about questions we asked about the in-camera portion of the November 14th Executive Committee meeting and the resultant unanimous adoption of the minutes by Council on November 28, 2022.
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A second crew approved in 2019 to help eliminate the growing backlog of repairs in the sewer and waterworks utilities has seen their progress slowed in 2022 due to failures within the system.
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For those of you who enjoy curling, and maybe want to break up the cold winter, there is a FREE EVENT coming up next week as the best curlers from five military bases will square off in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Canada West Curling Championship December 6th to 8th at the Moose Jaw Events Centre.
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With the Salvation Army’s Christmas Kettle campaign underway there is another long-running campaign going on to help the local Salvation Army raise money to help those in need in the community - the Moose Jaw Express’s Stocking Fund.
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Local heritage lovers were literally ringing with joy as the historic 1902 Town Bell was officially rung on Thursday afternoon.
Those who spoke about it were beaming with pride and said the location for the historical bell was the best choice.
Plans are to ring the bell on special occasions and other major events.
We have video in this report - the other guys won’t have - which shows what the bell sounds like.
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Your Moose Jaw Warriors pulled off another win on Wednesday evening.
This time it was the Vancouver Giants who went down in an overtime thriller that saw Jagger Firkus picking up an assist. A point that marked his 19th consecutive game with a point, tying a franchise record set in 1996-97.
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Council lauded the success of the Food and Beverage Services at the Moose Jaw Events Centre and heard their $150,000 “loan” guarantee to get the service up and running had begun to reap rewards.
Council also heard as part of their 2023 budget submission the Events Centre would be providing a schedule to re-pay about $50,000 of the “loan”.
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Property tax arrears took a bit of a dip on September 30, 2022 compared to previous years with the City’s financial director attributing the dip to measures the City adopted during the pandemic as well as now removing the measures used during the pandemic.
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They previously voted against it in 2020 but continued confusion surrounding the 2019 decision to make lane changes to 1st Avenue NW from Manitoba Street West and Oxford Street West will have Council discussing whether or not to install parking meters on the east side of the street.
The $36,000 cost will be discussed as part of the 2023 Budget deliberations.
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The financial picture for the Moose Jaw Transit system is a mixed bag with one side bleeding more than the budgeted red and the other side not so bad thanks to unexpected funding from the provincial government.
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