Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Lisa's Corner: Cultivating reconciliation

By Lisa Goudy

I don’t truly know what it must’ve been like to be at a residential school.

I know about the system and I’ve heard and read about what the conditions were like. Residential schools, sponsored by government, had one horrifying mission – to assimilate Aboriginal children into our Euro-Canadian culture. 

The schools operated for more than a century, from the mid-1880s to the mid-1990s. Children were taken from their families, from their homes, from their communities and placed into these awful institutions run by religious orders in collaboration with the federal government. 

These children weren’t allowed to speak their native languages. They weren’t allowed to practice their culture.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Another victory in the books

By Lisa Goudy

I don’t know how many wins it takes to be on a winning streak, but I’d like to think the Riders are on one now.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders faced off against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Mosaic Stadium on Saturday and managed to score another win with a final score of 20-18. Not only did it mark the third win of the season for us, but it also marked a back-to-back victory after last week’s game. 

All in all, it was a good game with several nail-biter moments mixed in. However, if a few little things had gone differently, the game would’ve been Hamilton’s. 

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Election 2016: What you need to know

By Lisa Goudy

There are a total of 48 candidates running for council, mayor or the two school boards in the Oct. 26 election.

“I believe it’s a record number of candidates for the city for city council for sure,” said Carol Reynolds-Wittman, the City of Moose Jaw’s communications manager. “It’s good to see so many folks engaged in this year’s municipal election. There’s obviously an appetite for perhaps some change and this is the most democratic way to do that.

“It takes a lot of courage for candidates to put their name forward. So we applaud everyone who has put their name forward for the elections.”

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: School supply drive raises $5,000

Representatives from Staples, the Moose Jaw Times-Herald, Murray GM, the Prairie South School Division (PSSD) and the Holy Trinity Catholic School Division (HTCSD) pose with a portion of school supplies donated for the 2016 school supply drive on Sept. 23, 2016. Pictured, from left (back row): Dave Greig with Murray GM, Lyndsay Hanson with Murray GM, Ernie Wilson with the Times-Herald, Tony Brennan and two fellow Staples employees, Dave DePape with HTCSD, Tim McLeod with PSSD and Derek Lafrenie of Staples. Pictured in front is McKena DePape and Myah DePape, students at St. Margaret School. Lisa Goudy/Times-Herald

By Lisa Goudy

Tony Brennan hauled in two cartloads and a cart piled with school supplies in plastic bags.

He smiled as he looked at the supplies in Staples.

“It speaks to the giving community of Moose Jaw residents,” said Brennan, general manager of Staples. “They really do support this.”

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Lisa's Corner: Elections an essential time of year

By Lisa Goudy

Looking at the list of candidates in this year’s election, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed.

There are 23 candidates for council, five for mayor, 13 for the Prairie South School Division board and seven for the Holy Trinity Catholic School Division board. There will be one mayor, six councilors, five Prairie South trustees and four Holy Trinity trustees. That’s a lot of people vying for your vote for a limited number of spots available.

Who we elect will have the power to choose how to spend our money, to decide what the priorities of the city and of school boards lie and ultimately to determine the direction our city and schools will go.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Seeking to change the election act

Ernie Penney ineligible to run for council because of where he lives

Lisa Goudy/Times-Herald
Ernie Penney stands with nomination papers
outside city hall. However, since he lives a
mile and a half outside city limits, he
isn’t eligible to run for city council.

By Lisa Goudy

Ernie Penney has always lived in the Moose Jaw area, but because he lives a mile and a half outside city limits, he can’t run for city council.

“From my house, I can hear the sirens. I can hear the traffic. I can hear everything. I can see the city… Streets, sewer, water, it all has an impact on where I farm. I’m downstream from the City of Moose Jaw,” said Penney.

Yet as legislation currently stands, because of where he lives, he isn’t eligible to run for city council. These provisions are outlined in provincial legislation.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Victory for the Green and White

By Lisa Goudy

We did it.

Sunday’s game at Mosaic Stadium in Regina marked a win for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Riders won their second game of the season, ending a seven-game losing streak as we defeated the Edmonton Eskimos 26-23. 

I, and everyone else in Rider Nation, couldn’t be more ecstatic about it. Leaving the stadium with smiles and cheers on our faces instead of hanging our heads low in disappointment as we have been for quite some time, is a far superior way to walk away from a game, especially considering the dismal season we’ve had this year and the year before.

Victories have been slim and the outlook has looked grim, but that we defeated the defending Grey Cup champions on Sunday just adds to the sweetness of victory.

But it was not an easy victory. 

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