Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Black Friday bargains hit Moose Jaw

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Downtown Moose Jaw is pictured.

By Lisa Goudy

Black Friday is making its way to Moose Jaw.

What started as an American tradition has evolved into a Canadian one and a chance to shop local.

“The local economy is what we’re all here to drive on … It helps jobs. It helps pay the taxes. It keeps our community strong,” said Rob Clark, CEO of the Moose Jaw and District Chamber of Commerce.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Lisa's Corner: Moving past hate

By Lisa Goudy

We are all human.

It’s a basic statement, a simple fact. We are one species of many that inhabit this world. There are 7.4 billion of us around the world.

I am different from you, just as you are different from me. We might share common interests, but I guarantee you we don’t agree on everything.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Looking to post-secondary futures

Guidance counsellors hold post-secondary education day  

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Guidance counsellors from both school

divisions in Moose Jaw banded together

again to hold a post-secondary

education day at Peacock Collegiate.

By Lisa Goudy

Now is the time to get Grade 11 and 12 students thinking about post-secondary education.

“They need information earlier rather than later. We don’t want to wait until the end of Grade 12 to start thinking about these things,” said Kerrie Binetruy, guidance counsellor at Peacock Collegiate. “It’s very important to start early.”

Guidance counsellors from both school divisions in Moose Jaw banded together again to hold a post-secondary education day. Binetruy and Corrie Lewis are the guidance counsellors at Peacock Collegiate, Tammy Saylor is the counsellor at Central Collegiate, Christa LaPointe is the counsellor at Vanier Collegiate and Brett Young is the councillor for rural Prairie South schools.

“The counsellors in Moose Jaw get together and we sponsor this event so that the kids can go under one roof and learn about as many post-secondary opportunities as possible,” said Binetruy.

“We have a variety of post-secondary schools here, Saskatchewan and Alberta mostly.”

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Lisa's Corner: High opioid rates are no joke

By Lisa Goudy

Substance abuse is no laughing matter.

Based on what I read in the news this week, I’m not the only one who was surprised about the number of people hospitalized for opioid poisoning. 

Before I get into that, for those of you who don’t know, common opioids include codeine, morphine, oxycodone, fentanyl and hydromorphone. 

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Bridging a divide

"The Relationship Between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous People" workshop set for Moose Jaw on Nov. 24

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Cassandra Wajuntah, research affiliate at the Indigenous

People’s Health Research Centre (IPHRC), is one of the

facilitators at a one-day workshop, The Relationship

Between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous People.

By Lisa Goudy

The relationship between indigenous and non-indigenous people has played an important role in Canada’s 150-year-history.

However, Ron Crowe, executive-in-residence at the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (JSGS) at the University of Regina and the University of Saskatchewan believes more work needs to be done.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Back in time through poetry

Local author releases new poetry collection

Photo courtesy Jim McLean

Local poet Jim McLean recently released a new poetry collection.

By Lisa Goudy

The year 1957 was a good one for Moose Jaw resident Jim McLean.

“I was a very young fellow experiencing a lot of different things back then. I was about 17 years old then,” he said. “So it does have a lot of meaning for me.”

 

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Moose Jaw author Jim McLean recently released a new poetry collection, Nineteen Fifty-Seven.

Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Lisa's Corner: Home for the Eirichs

By Lisa Goudy

Tuesday was a landmark day for Mandy Eirich, her son Keagan and her nephew Kaleb.

After all, it was the day she and the boys moved into their own home. It was the sixth Habitat for Humanity Moose Jaw build.

I was delighted to be present for the key ceremony at her home on Ominica Street East on Tuesday morning, one in a crowd that easily filled the main area of the home. 

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