Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Small businesses and other strategies stem from FCM conference

By Lisa Goudy


Encouraging small businesses was a highlight of two elected officials at the recent Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) conference in Niagara Falls.

“I still think it’s a good idea to promote our local businesses,” said Mayor Deb Higgins. “I think it’s an eye opener in many cases to see the variety of goods and services that are available in the community. You don’t have to travel to find the services that you need.”

During a session dedicated to encouraging small businesses, there was a presentation on a campaign in several cities in Eastern Canada.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Infrastructure the underlying theme of FCM conference

By Lisa Goudy


One of the best ways to gather new information is by learning what other cities are doing.

That was one of the messages Mayor Deb Higgins is taking with her after attending the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) conference this past weekend in Niagara Falls.

“It touched on a number of things, I think, that are important to the City of Moose Jaw,” said Higgins. “It’s always good to get out and see what other communities are doing.”

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Gail Bowen coming to her “favourite festival” at Festival of Words

By Lisa Goudy


It’s been 14 adventures for Joanne Kilbourn, but she is showing no signs of slowing down.

As a widowed mother, university professor and political analyst, she always gets involved in criminal investigations in Saskatchewan.

Kilbourn’s creator is returning to the Saskatchewan Festival of Words this summer.

“It is, I think, my favourite festival. It really is. We go to lots and they’re all wonderful in a way, but I don’t know. There’s something especially good about the one in Moose Jaw,” said Gail Bowen, Regina’s best-selling mystery author most well known for her Kilbourn mysteries.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: The fun side of staying healthy

Four-year-old Alexa Gray prepares to roll
an inflatable ball during her round of
inflatable bowling at the Fairford Street East
YMCA in the afternoon of June 1, 2014 for
YMCA Moose Jaw's Healthy Kids Day 2014.
 Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy

There were a lot of smiling, giggling children at the YMCA on Sunday afternoon.

“Children nowadays, I think, spend a lot of time on computers and electronics and I think as a whole people are busy and don’t spend a lot of time together as a family,” said Sara Lyall, manager of human resources and communications with the Moose Jaw YMCA.

“This is just really something that promotes families getting together and then just learning different things to be healthy and just learning that healthy can be fun.”

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: A duet from one artist to another

Jennifer McRorie paints her baby's hand as Ramses
Calderon responds by playing a melody on his guitar
at the Artists Duet: In Light of Presence event at
the Moose Jaw Cultural Centre on May 31, 2014.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy

A hand started to take shape as a soothing guitar melody bounced around in the Moose Jaw Cultural Centre.

Ramses Calderon watched carefully as Jennifer McRorie extracted the lighter colours on her eraser drawing of her newborn baby’s hand. In response, he improvised a melody on his guitar as she worked.

After a 10-minute break, the process was reversed and McRorie painted in response to Calderon’s song that he wrote for his newborn daughter. It was a live presentation of two different types of art at Artists Duet: In Light of Presence.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: An accord among the Sask. NDP members

Broten reflects on NDP convention and issues that matter to families

NDP Opposition Leader Cam Broten gives his
address at the Saskatchewan NDP's annual
convention in Moose Jaw on May 31, 2014.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy


NDP Opposition Leader Cam Broten felt a sense of unity near the end of the Saskatchewan NDP convention.

“Members are excited and looking forward to carrying on the work in local communities,” he said. “It’s been a really good time for us as a party here this weekend reflecting on the hard work that we’ve done last year, the building that we’ve done and really looking ahead to the work that we have to do.”

The hundreds of delegates at the convention participated in secret ballot leadership review vote required by the NDP’s constitution to see if they support the current leader. Broten’s leadership was approved by 98.7 per cent of delegates.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: A walk to support life

The Moose Jaw Right to Life's annual Walk for Life
kicks off on May 31, 2014 outside Victory Church.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy

Canada, North Korea and China are the only countries without abortion legislation.

“It’s quite amazing because other places will say at such and such a time, after this trimester, then no, it’s against the law,” said Jean Landry, president of Moose Jaw Right to Life. “We have none. It’s a void and that’s a big concern.”

The Moose Jaw Right to Life had its annual Walk for Life event on Saturday where supporters of all ages and genders went for a 45-minute walk from Victory Church to Main Street and back in support of abortion law. The walk has been occurring every year for more than 30 years.

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