Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Using art to cope through lasting pain

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Christina Goudy shows her painting inspired by her

cousin’s rape and murder that won first place at the

Moose Jaw Multicultural Council’s art contest this

year.  She is seen here at the Moose Jaw Newcomer

Welcome Centre on Dec. 10, 2016.

By Lisa Goudy

Christina Goudy is still haunted by her cousin’s rape and murder 20 years ago.

“It was devastating. It just made me think, ‘It’s been 20 years and it’s still affecting me really bad,’” she said. “Oct. 26 every year, it’s just bad for everybody. I hope nobody ever has to go through something like that. It’s the worst thing ever.”

On Oct. 26, 1996, Goudy’s cousin, 14-year-old Darrelle Exner, left a restaurant in Regina and was walking home alone when she was raped and murdered.

Goudy was 17 years old when it happened.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Lisa's Corner: Make the right choice to not drink and drive

By Lisa Goudy

There are so many things we take for granted.

This includes the special people in our lives. One minute we might have everything and everyone we ever wanted and the next, we’re hurting because of a devastating loss. 

Everything can change in just one moment and that’s the rub - you’ll never know when that moment will happen. It could even be a series of moments.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Making magic happen

Moose Jaw’s Keith Byers, aka Mr. E. Miracle, aiming to do magic for a living

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Keith Byers, who goes by the stage name of Mr. E.

Miracle, is working to become a professional magician.

By Lisa Goudy

Ever since Keith Byers started learning about magic in kindergarten, he was spellbound for life.

“I saw a book on magic and I’ve always loved reading and learning,” he said. “I always learned it (magic).”

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Where four Vanier graduates collide

Local band Sons in the Sky to release their debut album on Saturday

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Local band Sons in the Sky, comprised of

Vanier Collegiate graduates, are releasing

their debut album on Saturday.

By Lisa Goudy

When Aidan Mitchell, Ben Radwanski, Ryan Wheler and Derrick Frost met in the Vanier music program, they had no idea they would form a band.

One day, they got together for a jam session.
“We were just hanging out playing ‘This Love’ by Maroon 5 because we figured it out and we thought, ‘Why don’t we form a band?’” said Mitchell. 

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Preparing for Rotary Carol Festival

Annual music festival set for Zion United Church Dec. 12-14

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The Palliser Heights Christmas Choir performs their

rendition of "Super Santa" at Zion United Church

 during a previous Rotary Club's Carol Festival.

By Lisa Goudy

In 1941, local rotary club members started holding Christmas parties for seniors featuring people singing Christmas carols.

In 1945, it morphed into an official carol festival, started informally by Penny Braaten and the Moose Jaw Public School Division No. 1.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Talking smoke alarm recalled

By Lisa Goudy

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Kidde NigthHawk talking combo smoke/CO alarm

KN-COSM-IBCA and KN-COSM-ICA, such

as the one pictured, have been recalled.

The Moose Jaw Fire Department wants to make sure residents are aware of a smoke alarm recall.

Kidde has recalled the NightHawk talking smoke combo smoke/CO alarm KN-COSM-IBCA and KN-COSM-ICA models that were manufactured between June 1, 2004 and March 2011.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: A lifelong sentence

Couple travels to Moose Jaw to share their story on lasting effects of impaired driving  

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Marilou and Alex Haughey show a photo of their

son, James Paul (J.P.) Haughey, who was killed

by an impaired driver on May 5, 2014.

By Lisa Goudy

Once or twice every week, Marilou and Alex Haughey visit the cemetery.

They have done so for more than two years. It’s been more than two years since their only son, 17-year-old James Paul (J.P.) was killed by a drunk driver in Saskatoon.

“It’s just emptiness, the loss that you can never replace, never replace it, and you live with this every single day you think about James,” says Alex. 

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