Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Infrastructure won’t be single priority of council

Residents say infrastructure is biggest concern in citizen survey

Coun. Brian Swanson discusses his motion
to make infrastructure the single strategic
priority in the 2014 operating budget at
Monday's council meeting at city hall.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy

Residents identified infrastructure as the No. 1 concern in the City of Moose Jaw.

As revealed at Monday night’s council meeting, the citizen survey results said out of the 505 people surveyed this summer, 62.8 per cent of residents said streets, roads and infrastructure is the single most important public issue in the city.

Later in the evening councillors entered into heated debate relating to infrastructure.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Enrolment down in Holy Trinity Catholic School Division

By Lisa Goudy


Enrolment numbers are a bit lower in the Holy Trinity Catholic School Division (HTCSD) this year.

Celeste York, director of education with the HTCSD, said across the division as of Monday, there are 2,189 students enrolled in the schools, 63 fewer students than there were in 2012.

“That is what we expected. What we’re looking at though, in terms of where the healthy enrolments are, we’ve got large numbers in pre-K, K and Grade 1,” said York.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: The art of winemaking from Chile

Co-owner of Torreon de Paredes winery visits Moose Jaw

Alvaro Paredes, winemaker and co-owner of the Torreon
de Paredes winery in Rengo, Chile, shows a bottle of Don
Amado wine at Java Express at 23 Main St. on Sept. 29,
2013 where he showcased a selection of his wines.
 The Don Amado wine is named after the Paredes' father
and the winery's founder, Don Amado Paredes.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy


For winemaker Alvaro Paredes, blending wine is similar to painting a picture.

“If you paint the picture with just one colour, it will be quite boring ... If you add more colour you are going to have a nice painting. With wine it’s the same thing,” said Paredes. “You are trying to grab with one variety, you grab the body of that wine, but then you want to improve the floral note that comes from other varieties, then a sweetness that comes from other varieties.

“So in those terms, I am saying that blending gives you that capacity to obtain more complex wines.”

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: From hoop dancing to creating chairs

Culture Days events held at WDM, Cultural Centre

Terrence Littletent,  world championship hoop dancer
from the Kawacatoose First Nation, demonstrates hoop
dancing with audience members as part of Culture Days
at the Western Development Museum on Saturday.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy

Hoop dancing has special meaning for Terrence Littletent.

“Hoop dancing, it’s a way of life for me. It’s just not a dance. It’s a way of life,” said Littletent, world championship hoop dancer from the Kawacatoose First Nation. “I’ve been doing it for many years and through my travels, I recreate the story as I go along. Everybody walks this journey of life and takes bits and pieces to create their story. So that’s how I took the story and created my own story through the hoop dance.”

Littletent shared the First Nations culture dance outside of the Moose Jaw Western Development Museum (WDM) on Saturday as part of Moose Jaw’s participation in Canada Culture Days this weekend.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Memories shared at church’s 100th celebration

Helen Koshman looks over some memorabilia from the
Holy Trinity Orthodox Church choir in the 1950s on
Sunday at the Cosmo Senior Citizens Centre as part
of the church's 100th anniversary celebrations.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy

Helen Koshman has many good memories with the Holy Trinity Orthodox Church choir from the 1950s.

“We used to go singing at Christmastime to the homes and we went to the Government House in Regina to sing for them,” she said. “It was an awesome time.”

Koshman was one of the people who attended the 100^th anniversary celebrations of the Moose Jaw church on Sunday.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Unattended cooler raises questions, but no threat

By Lisa Goudy

An unattended cooler on the ledge of the Moose Jaw police station temporarily shut down part of Fairford Street West Sunday morning.

“There really wasn’t much to it. Basically it was brought to police attention that there was an unattended package on the ledge of the police station,” said Sgt. Rick Johns with the Moose Jaw Police Service. 

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: SRCA finals fun for all ages

Blair Norris, 18, of Hanley, Sask. competes in pole
bending at the Saskatchewan Riding Clubs Association
(SRCA) provincial finals on Sept. 29, 2013 at the Golden
Mile Arena at the Moose Jaw Exhibition Grounds.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy


For 18-year-old Blair Norris of Hanley, Sask., the Saskatchewan Riding Clubs Association (SRCA) provincial finals is about more than winning a title.

“I haven’t placed, but that’s OK with me. I just like competing,” she said on Sunday morning. “I love being with my horse and riding. Barrel racing is my favourite and I like … meeting new people.”

From Friday through Sunday, the 47^th annual SRCA finals took place at the Golden Mile Arena at the Moose Jaw Exhibition Grounds.

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