Trustee Resigns Forcing By-election
Todd Johnson, elected as a Prairie South School Division trustee in November 2020, has resigned his position as a Trustee.
Johnson said it was a hard decision to make but decided to resign to seek employment with Prairie South.
He said leaving the Board was a tough decision.
A job he said he secured due to training, experience and skills without political shenanigans.
It all adds up to a Trustee by-election this March.
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Moose Jaw High School Athletes For November 2022
The Moose Jaw High School Athletic Association (MJHSAA) has announced its Athletes of the Month for November 2022. This month’s sponsor is Pro-Tec Electric Ltd.
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Rhino's Rambings - Fairford Street Blues
An opinion piece about some of the things going on behind the scenes with the failure of the Moose Jaw Board Of Police Commissioners to have Council approve the budget submission for the Moose Jaw Police Service in the first go around.
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Warriors Mauled by Tigers
Fresh off of bumping off the Calgary Hitmen in The Hangar your Moose Jaw Warriors were on the road where they ran into the claws of the Medicine Hat Tigers.
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Cash Transit Fares To See Steep Increase
Your money might not jingle, jingle and still fold but if you are paying cash to ride the bus come February 1st of next year you might have a hard time keeping it that way as the cash fares for transit are taking big jumps.
It is all about paying for some of the rising costs on the system and reaching parity with what other communities in the province are charging.
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SaskPower Rates To Increase Three Percent Effective January 1st
It is not the news most people want to hear but your power bill is set to increase another three percent effective January 1st.
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Moose Jaw Exhibition Briefs
A look at what is going on at the Moose Jaw Exhibition.
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Lolacher Triggers Teddies, Rysavy Scores 5 Pts in Warriors Blowout
If you were at your Moose Jaw Warriors game and wanted to throw a teddy bear every time they scored hopefully you brought a grocery cart full.
Yeah they were that good.
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Winter Critters - Photos
With the weather being cold we thought we would post some photos of how you can with a little kindness help out the local wildlife make it through to spring.
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Police Commission and Police Discussed Budgets In Secret With Executive Committee
If you think Council and the Moose Jaw Board of Police Commissioners met only the once present and discuss the 2023 operating and capital budgets for the Moose Jaw Police Service you would be wrong.
A Freedom Of Information request shows they actually had a second discussion of it in-camera (private) at the November 14th Executive Committee meeting.
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Junior High School Basketball Brief For Week One
A list of the reports we have received for week one of the junior girls/boys high school basketball leagues.
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Council Says Nyet To Proposed Police Budget
In what seemingly came as a shock in a 4 - 3 vote a special 2023 Budget meeting of Council voted to send the Moose Jaw Board Of Police Commissioners’ budget request for the Moose Jaw Police Service (MJPS) back to the Commission.
Council asked the Board Of Police Commissioners to look at potential savings and lessen the impact funding the MJPS will have on property taxpayers in 2023.
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Milestone U18 Female Flyers Rock On In Regina
It was a good night for the Milestone U18 Female Flyers as they took the trip to Regina to face the Regina Rebels and came home with a 4 - 1 win.
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Moose Jaw Police Service Acquires New Facilities Dog
The Moose Jaw Police Service (MJPS) has a new facilities dog assigned to Victim’s Services. Sven was unveiled to the public through the MJPS’s various social media accounts on Thursday.
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No New Deal For Tourism Moose Jaw This Year
Tourism Moose Jaw’s request for more funding as well as the City to take over the maintenance and repairs/renovations of their owned tourism booth that sits on leased City land was deferred to 2024 to allow Administration to review the present agreements and look at the options.
Parks and recreation director gave four funding examples in 2023 while at the same time Administration recommended against funding this year.
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Central Cyclones Senior Girls Defeat Assiniboia in Female League Opener
The Central Cyclones seniors girls basketball team took a trip about an hour down the road to Assiniboia where they defeated the hometown team 55 - 26 on Wednesday evening.
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Vanier Spirits Defeat Visiting Peacock Toilers In Junior Girls Basketball Action
It may have been a bit slower game on Wednesday even but the intensity was still high as the Vanier Spirits junior girls volleyball team defeated the visiting Peacock Toilers team 42 - 29 in high school basketball action.
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