The Quest For The Golden Ring - The Great Plains Power Station - Part Two
At 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.
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Christmas In October Lights Up The Downtown Starting Thursday
The ever popular Christmas in October promotion runs Downtown October 20th - October 23rd
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City Says Work Necessary - Money Saved - Others Not So Sure....
Not 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.
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RBC Predicts Recession To Hit Sooner Than Predicted - Be Less Damaging
The recession is coming sooner rather than later but it will be short lived according to a recently released Royal Bank of Canada report.
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After Four Years Johnson Leaving Wakamow Valley Authority's Helm
After nearly four years at the helm Todd Johnson, general manager of the Wakamow Valley Authority, is set to move on in a new professional adventure.
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Collision Happens At Highlighted Intersection
A collision happened today at the intersection of 4th Avenue NW and Macdonald Street
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City Opens On-Line Survey For Budget Input
If you want to have your say on the City’s spending and budget priorities you have until the end of the month to so as the annual on-line Operating and Capital Budget survey is now available.
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Hoteliers Lose Appeal On Cap Rates And Valuations
The issue of Cap Rates set by valuation firms such as the Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency (SAMA) is a hot topic locally this past week as the effects of their use with 17 property classes tax assessments had one local business owner at Council asking for help, equity and reasonableness.
A June 2022 decision involving 13 Moose Jaw hotels demonstrates their importance and how it is not just a few small business owners not happy with how the Cap Rates are set for their commercial properties.
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