Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Fewer teams registered in Relay for Life

By Lisa Goudy

Although fewer teams are registered this year than anticipated, event organizers are still excited for Friday’s Relay for Life.

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Additional comment from Gaye Stewart, unit manager at the Canadian Cancer Society:

"I think some people weren't happy that we were going indoors and some of the new teams were happy that we were going indoors," said Stewart. 

Moose Jaw Times-Herald: New salon for seniors, special needs offers affordability

Danielle Hubenick, co-owner and founder of Danielle's Salon. Submitted photo

By Lisa Goudy


Danielle Humenick has always wanted to follow in her mother’s footsteps and be a hairdresser.


Now a married mother of two, Humenick opened up a local salon on April 3 — Danielle’s Salon, at 12-610 Second Ave. N.E. with accessibility for seniors, people with special needs and little children.


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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Lisa's Corner: 3-D feature films are no longer a novelty

By Lisa Goudy

While trying to find inspiration to write this column, I stumbled across a news item that announced that the release date to the sequel to the movie G.I. Joe will be delayed for nine months to convert the whole movie into 3-D.

G.I. Joe Retaliation was scheduled to come out on June 29 this year, but now it won’t come out until March 29, 2013. There was little I could do to stop my jaw from dropping a little. Whether I was looking forward to seeing this movie or not, I’m slightly appalled by such a long delay just for making the movie 3-D.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Upcoming A-Moose-ing Race fundraising for a good cause

By Lisa Goudy

On July 7, the ‘moose’ will be put into the ‘Amazing Race.’

Beginning next to Moose Jaw’s Crescent Park Amphitheatre at 11 a.m., the A-Moose-ing Race will pit teams against each other to complete 10 challenges or checkpoints located in Moose Jaw in five hours. All funds from the race are going to the Saskatchewan branch of the Kidney Foundation of Canada.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: CP union employees go on strike

CP union employees stand on strike outside the old train 
station on Main Street.

Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy

Canadian Pacific (CP) Railway union employees walked off the job on Wednesday.

Between 30 and 80 pickets, broken up into five shifts with five-hour rotations, stood outside the old train station at the bottom of Main Street beginning at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday after negotiations before the midnight deadline with CP fell through.

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Related stories on this topic:


CP Rail Strike: 2,000 employees get temporary layoff notices (Toronto Star)


Video: Raitt: Ottawa will legislate end to CP Rail strike 'if necessary' (The Globe and Mail)

CP union employees stand on strike outside the old train station on Main Street. Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Race and auction to support Canadian Tire Jumpstart

By Lisa Goudy

Moose Jaw Canadian Tire and other local businesses are doing their part to support kids in the community.

On Saturday, Double Shift Conditioning will hold a race, run and walk at 8:30 a.m. at Spring Creek and a silent auction at the store on Main Street at 1:50 p.m. the same day with all proceeds going to Canadian Tire Jumpstart, said Krystal Chow, the main organizer of Jumpstart.

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More information on Jumpstart can be found here.

Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Rocking out for needy animals

Free concert to support the humane society

By Lisa Goudy

Local band Finding Penny and six other bands will rock out for animals in need.

On Saturday, at the Crescent Park Amphitheatre, the Rock the Amp concert will take place from 1 to 9 p.m. as a fundraiser for the Moose Jaw Humane Society.

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Moose Jaw Humane Society website

More information on Finding Penny