New Mayor Says Status Quo Needs To Go
Newly sworn in Mayor Clive Tolley’s first speech dealt heavily with ditching the status quo population and economic-wise to allow the city to grow.
The growth would entail a population that would be both local and from elsewhere encouraged to move to Moose Jaw due to the economic opportunities available.
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Rhino's Ramblings - The Non-Voters
A brief look at the growth of voter alienation and how it is growing in Moose Jaw civic politics.
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Free Yard Waste Weekend Today And Tomorrow
For those of you with yard waste you need to take to the landfill this weekend is what you are waiting for as the City is waiving the tipping fee of $10 per load to help you clean up the leaves, small branches and grass clippings from your Autumn yard cleanup.
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Heartland Hospice Seeks To Fund More Palliative Beds
With the single hospice bed in high demand Heartland Hospice is seeking to create a three bed hospice with space for families, spiritual needs and to go outside and be with loved ones as a person faces the end we all have to.
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Mayor Elect Comments On Election Turnout
Mayor elect Clive Tolley said he is thankful to those who came out to exercise their right to vote and hopefully by engaging people during his term they might feel they have a say and vote in the next civic election.
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Tolley Pulls Off Squeaker Win To Be Moose Jaw's Next Mayor
It was a close three way race in the byelection to elect the next mayor of Moose Jaw with only 63 votes separating the top three finishers.
The closeness of the race and his win is something mayor elect Clive Tolley feels fortunate to have won in the end.
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Caronport Business Fined $14,000 For Allegedly Breaking Pandemic Health Mandate
Allegedly not adhering to the Provincial COVID - 19 mandates has earned a Caronport business a $14,000 fine.
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Advance Polls Equal 2020 As Byelection Set For Tomorrow
Tomorrow is byelection day for a new mayor here is some helpful information as you prepare to head out and vote.
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Caribou And 9th Avenue NW To Re-Open With Changed Traffic Flow
Literally almost once the paint is dry the intersection of 9th Avenue NW and Caribou Street West is set to re-open after being closed for weeks.
The intersection will re-open with a new traffic configuration where the inside lanes of 9th Avenue NW going north or south are left hand turn lanes only.
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Rhino's Ramblings - The Election And This And That
A brief look at the race to be mayor in the November 3rd byelection and a call in late spring from the Regina Police Service.
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Ten Questions With Brett McAuley
To help people decipher the Mayor’s race MJ Independent has plans to feature any of the nine candidates at least once in our publication.
Today we feature Brett McAuley.
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Decision On Free Parking In Days Leading Up To Christmas Tabled
An initiative by the Moose Jaw and District Chamber of Commerce to give shoppers two hours of free metered parking will have to wait for a decision until Council’s November 22nd meeting.
The tabling motion was made because the Downtown Business Association had not discussed the initiative and their next meeting is on November 9th.
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City Christmas Lights "Off" Following Weekend Downtown Business Promotion
The annual question was asked if the City putting up and turning on the Christmas lights in the Downtown was not disrespectful to Veterans and the usual answer was given except this year there is an unexpected twist.
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Local Terry Fox Run Raises More Funds In 2021 Than Last Year
The 2021 edition of the local Terry Fox Run raised more funds for the Terry Fox Foundation than in 2020.
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Advance Polls Open Starting Tuesday
Voting in the Byelection to elect Moose Jaw’s new mayor starts tomorrow as the Advance Polls open.
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Acting Mayor Says Pandemic's Impact Still Needs To Be Considered At Budget Time
An on-line survey has given Council some food for thought in the upcoming budget as a large portion of the survey’s respondents indicted the COVID - 19 pandemic has negatively impacted their finances.
In questioning Acting Mayor Dawn Luhning said it is something Council needs to take into consideration in the upcoming 2022 Budget deliberations.
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Ten Questions With Mike Simpkins
To help people decipher the Mayor’s race MJ Independent has plans to feature any of the nine candidates at least once in our publication.
Today we feature Mike Simpkins.
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Ten Questions With Michael Haygarth
To help people decipher the Mayor’s race MJ Independent has plans to feature any of the nine candidates at least once in our publication.
Today we feature Michael Haygarth.
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