Moose Jaw Times-Herald - Lisa's Corner: Crazy weather all the more reason to get outside

By Lisa Goudy

The sun shone brightly in the sky, its ultraviolet rays penetrating my skin. A slight breeze brushed my cheek as I took a walk down Main Street earlier this week. It was another gorgeous summer day, with the temperatures easily in the mid-to-high 20s.

By the time I returned to the office, it occurred to me that not even a week ago, I had woken up to a Winter Wonderland, with white snow covering the grass and lining the rooftops. Not to mention that by the next day or two after the snow, there were puddles from the rain gathered in the streets. The day after I took the walk, the weather was cold and dreary. So what’s with this weather?

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: PSSD revokes changes to Eyebrow School boundary

Board highlights found on the PSSD website (see below)

By Lisa Goudy

A motion put forward to the Prairie South School Division (PSSD) to move the West catchment boundary for Eyebrow School was rescinded.

“We decided ... that the best thing would be to rescind the motion that was presented in January so that we could better look at the entire school division,” said PSSD board chairman Colleen Christopherson-Cote.


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The PSSD website

Highlights of the PSSD meeting

The PSSD's revised transportation policy online can be found here. 

The PSSD's revised policies regarding academic integrity and student responsibility can be found here.

Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Sidewalk Days in "desperate need" of volunteers

By Lisa Goudy


Planning for Sidewalk Days is well underway, but co-ordinators are looking for more volunteers.


“We’re in desperate need of volunteer groups, meaning there’s a lot of groups out there that want to fundraise and make some money,” said Teresa Gillis. “We’re in need of them to come down, fill in an application and we’ve got a whole bunch of odd jobs where they can actually make some money.”


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Volunteer group, sponsorship, entertainer and vendor applications can be found here or by emailing info@sidewalkdays.ca. For more information, contact Gillis at 690-8451.

Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Mock vehicle crash shows risk of impaired driving

Central Collegiate students watch as members of the Moose Jaw
and District EMS and the Moose Jaw Fire Department remove a
victim from a mock car crash.

Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy

Jacob Laboccetta had never been arrested before, until he played the part of an impaired driver in a mock vehicle crash at Union Hospital on Monday.

“Being arrested hurts. It’s not fun,” said the 15-year-old student from Central Collegiate. “I don’t know why anyone would want to put themselves in a position to do it.”

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Central Collegiate students watch as members of the Moose
Jaw Fire Department drill open a car door in a mock car crash.

Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

Some figures (from Ray Francis, a paramedic with the Moose Jaw and District EMS and the director of community relations):

• Saskatchewan has the most injuries per capita in Canada
• In Saskatchewan, the death rate for unintentional injuries is 40 per cent higher than the national average
• In Saskatchewan, approximately 9,800 hospitalizations from injuries occur a year, 800 a month and 26 a day. These statistics are twice the national average.
• In ages 1 to 44, the leading cause of death is unintentional injury
• People aged 15 to 24 are 2.5 times more likely to be hurt or killed in a motor vehicle crash than any other age group
• In Saskatchewan, preventable injuries cost the people of Saskatchewan more than $1 billion a year
• The survival rate of cardiac arrest from trauma is less than one per cent

PARTY program website (Prevent Alcohol and Risk Related Trauma in Youth)


More about the PARTY program from the PARTY website:


"Intentional and unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death for people aged one to forty-four years of age and truly are a silent epidemic in Canada and most countries around the world.


Sunnybrook RBC First Office for Injury Prevention was established in 1986 within Sunnybrook's Trauma, Emergency and Critical Care department.  The office aims to prevent traumatic injuries and injury related mortality across all ages through community education, collaboration and awareness. 

Our office delivers multiple programs and resources both independently as well as with an extensive team of collaborators.  We currently deliver the P.A.R.T.Y. Program, work to highlight issues of pedestrian safety throughiNavigait and work collaboratively with community partners through the Toronto Area Safety Coalition." (Source: PARTY)

Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Administrative Professionals Day luncheon pairs with food bank

By Lisa Goudy


Brian Martynook, CEO of the Moose Jaw and District Chamber of Commerce compared Administrative Professionals Day to Mother's Day or Father's Day.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Better Homes and Gardens Expo doubles since 2011

Saskatchewan Roughriders mascot Gainer the Gopher flexes
his muscles at the second annual Better Homes and Gardens
Expo on Saturday at the Moose Jaw Exhibition Grounds.

Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy

Moose Jaw’s second annual Better Homes and Gardens Expo on Saturday and Sunday was considered a success.           

Adam Lix, a foreman member of the landscaping crew with Cornell Design and Landscaping, said the expo at the Moose Jaw Convention Centre was good exposure for the business.

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Former Saskatchewan Roughrider Grey Cup champion Matt
Dominguez holds his signed organ donor card at the second
annual Better Homes and Gardens Expo on
Saturday at the Moose Jaw Exhibition Grounds.

Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

Adam Lix of Cornell Design and Landscaping shows his exhibit at the second annual Better Homes and Gardens Expo on Saturday at the Moose Jaw Exhibition Grounds.

Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Library used book sale another success

The Moose Jaw Public Library held a used book sale on Saturday,
sponsored by Friends of the Library.

Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy

Friends of the Library sponsored a used book sale at the Moose Jaw Public Library on Saturday to raise money for library enhancements.

“I usually go through my books and I donate them back to support the library,” said Grant McLaughlin at the sale.  


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Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

Moose Jaw Public Library

Friends of the Library