By Lisa Goudy
November was a fairly slow month for city building permits.
Last month, the city issued 12 permits worth $3.98 million. In November 2012, the city issued 23 permits worth $5.57 million.
The
largest permit issued was to Merit Construction to build the Civic
Centre Plaza project featuring a variety of tenants. The $7,875-permit
allows for the construction of the plaza at 1251 Main St. N. in Ross
Park at an estimated cost of $1.58 million.
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Moose Jaw Times-Herald: SaskTel employs new wireless code
By Lisa Goudy
Grasping SaskTel contracts is now simpler for customers.
“The (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)) did implement the Wireless Code of Conduct,” said Michelle Englot, spokesperson for SaskTel. “Basically it’s to make it easier for consumer and business customers to understand their contracts and their rights when it comes to wireless services provided by any company in Canada.”
The code, which came into effect on Monday, deals with SaskTel’s terms and services. There are several practices set by the code that SaskTel already fulfilled with.
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Grasping SaskTel contracts is now simpler for customers.
“The (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)) did implement the Wireless Code of Conduct,” said Michelle Englot, spokesperson for SaskTel. “Basically it’s to make it easier for consumer and business customers to understand their contracts and their rights when it comes to wireless services provided by any company in Canada.”
The code, which came into effect on Monday, deals with SaskTel’s terms and services. There are several practices set by the code that SaskTel already fulfilled with.
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Moose Jaw Times-Herald: A new kind of blue
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| Moose Jaw Art Guild President Jean Bell shows off young artist Megan Garrett's painting, 'Shades of our Past,' on Dec. 3, 2013. It is one of the pieces in the guild's exhibition, which officially opens on Dec. 5, 2013 and runs until Jan. 5, 2014. Beneath Garrett's painting is the painting 'Birth of the Blues' by Sheila Phillips, who recently turned 80 years old. Bell says those two paintings show the age differences of guild members. Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy |
Following the theme ‘blue’ wasn’t easy for Jean Bell.
“Sometimes an artist gets used to working in one palette or they have a preferred palette. For instance, I generally do natural tones and blue is not a colour I work in much,” she said. “It was a challenge and it’s interesting. I found through the process I learned more about myself as an artist … It was just exciting to see how the piece came together in the theme.”
Bell, the president of the Moose Jaw Art Guild, is one of 19 guild members with artwork on display at the exhibition at the Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery (MJMAG) until Jan. 5.
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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Sask. hit hard by big PotashCorp layoffs
By Lisa Goudy
There was no good news on Tuesday for 440 Saskatchewan PotashCorp workers.
On Tuesday, PotashCorp announced it will lay off 18 per cent of its international workforce or 1,045 people. Of those, the Saskatoon-based company will lay off 440 people in Saskatchewan, which is 42 per cent of the total workers affected by the layoffs.
“It’s truly a global business and as such, we depend on demand and demand growth from around the world,” said Bill Johnson, senior director of public affairs for PotashCorp.
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There was no good news on Tuesday for 440 Saskatchewan PotashCorp workers.
On Tuesday, PotashCorp announced it will lay off 18 per cent of its international workforce or 1,045 people. Of those, the Saskatoon-based company will lay off 440 people in Saskatchewan, which is 42 per cent of the total workers affected by the layoffs.
“It’s truly a global business and as such, we depend on demand and demand growth from around the world,” said Bill Johnson, senior director of public affairs for PotashCorp.
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Monday, December 2, 2013
Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Executive changes federal grant project list
East water feeder line, water mains to be included in gas tax grant
By Lisa Goudy
Different infrastructure projects will be prioritized under the federal Gas Tax Funding Grant.
At Monday’s executive committee meeting, councillors voted in favour of the motion to change the priorities under the gas tax funding. Coun. Dawn Luhning and Coun. Patrick Boyle were absent from the meeting.
The engineering department will include the east water feeder line project under the current agreement and submit the revised plans for infrastructure investment to the New Deal Secretariat, which governs the projects under the Gas Tax Funding Grant, to use the remaining approved grant by Dec. 31, 2014.
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| Mayor Deb Higgins speaks about the re-prioritization of federal Gas Tax Funding Grant projects at the Dec. 2, 2013 executive committee meeting. Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy |
By Lisa Goudy
Different infrastructure projects will be prioritized under the federal Gas Tax Funding Grant.
At Monday’s executive committee meeting, councillors voted in favour of the motion to change the priorities under the gas tax funding. Coun. Dawn Luhning and Coun. Patrick Boyle were absent from the meeting.
The engineering department will include the east water feeder line project under the current agreement and submit the revised plans for infrastructure investment to the New Deal Secretariat, which governs the projects under the Gas Tax Funding Grant, to use the remaining approved grant by Dec. 31, 2014.
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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Third annual Peacock Polar Bear Run set for Sunday
By Lisa Goudy
Organizers hope at least 102 people will run to help find a cure for cancer.
Peacock Collegiate’s third annual Polar Bear Run will take place on Sunday at noon at the oval in Wakamow Valley with proceeds going to the Terry Fox Foundation. The five-kilometer run or walk will be followed by hotdogs and hot chocolate.
“It’s just kind of a really fun hour, hour and a half of your life on Sunday and really, it’s a great way to make a difference and show you care,” said co-organizer Renee Verge.
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Organizers hope at least 102 people will run to help find a cure for cancer.
Peacock Collegiate’s third annual Polar Bear Run will take place on Sunday at noon at the oval in Wakamow Valley with proceeds going to the Terry Fox Foundation. The five-kilometer run or walk will be followed by hotdogs and hot chocolate.
“It’s just kind of a really fun hour, hour and a half of your life on Sunday and really, it’s a great way to make a difference and show you care,” said co-organizer Renee Verge.
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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Kinsmen Sportsplex main pool reopens
By Lisa Goudy
The main pool at the Kinsmen Sportsplex has reopened.
After being closed on Thursday because of a water
colour issue resulting in the inability to see the bottom of the deep
end of the pool, the main pool reopened on Monday at 11:30 a.m.
“We haven’t really found a specific issue. We’re
still analyzing the data … to determine if there’s anything with regards
to the addition of the chemicals or just changes with the additional
water that we put in,” said Jody Hauta, director of parks and
recreation.
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