Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Tourism Moose Jaw teams up with Sidewalk Days

By Lisa Goudy

Since 2012, Jacki L’Heureux-Mason has been planning Sidewalk Days.

In fall 2016, though, she became the executive director of Tourism Moose Jaw. Now Tourism Moose Jaw and Sidewalk Days have officially partnered for 2017, a move that makes sense to L’Heureux-Mason.

“The question the board had, as well as people in the community, is, ‘What happens to Sidewalk Days?’” she said.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Sask. sees retail sales growth in December 2016

By Lisa Goudy

While overall Canadian retail sales in December decreased 0.5 per cent, retail sales increased by 1.2 per cent compared to November of the same year, according to Statistics Canada.

These numbers are seasonally adjusted. Statistics Canada released numbers this week detailing that sales in Canada in December 2016 were $44.91 billion compared to $45.12 billion in 2016. 

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Holy Trinity strives for anti-bullying beyond unofficial Pink Week

 By Lisa Goudy

In the wake of unofficial Pink Week in Moose Jaw, Ward Strueby is careful to distinguish between conflict and bullying.

“Bullying and conflict sometimes get intermixed back and forth,” said Strueby, superintendent of learning with the Holy Trinity Catholic School Division.

Conflict is a disagreement or difference in opinion between peers with equal power in their relationships, whereas bullying is a persistent pattern of aggressive or unwelcome behaviour often involving an imbalance of power.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Moose Jaw marks Pink Day 2017

Lisa Goudy/Times-Herald

City of Moose Jaw employees stood together

in their pink shirts on Feb. 22, 2017 for Pink

Day 2017 in Saskatchewan, seen here in council chambers.

By Lisa Goudy

For Tony Baldwin, director of education at Prairie South School Division, Pink Day’s importance goes beyond the day itself.

“Any time you can draw attention to any kind of societal issue, it’s a good thing. I certainly hope that Pink Day isn’t the extent of the work that we’re doing in schools to help kids have good relationships with one another, though. Yes, I think it’s great that we have Pink Day,” he said.

“More important than Pink Day is the belief that it represents that we can continue to do better and help kids to have positive relationships with each other.”


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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: SaskTel pensioners bring forward petition seeking gov’t assurance

Minister responsible for SaskTel says Sask. Party not actively looking to sell the Crown

By Lisa Goudy

The Saskatchewan NDP brought forward a petition from members of the SaskTel Defined Benefit Pension Plan on Wednesday in opposition to the potential sale of SaskTel.

“I think it’s disgraceful that this government in a lot of other circumstances has some fine things to say about the men and women that work for one of our great Crown corporations like SaskTel,” said NDP SaskTel critic Warren McCall.

“If they can’t provide a written assurance to the people that built SaskTel, there’s something very wrong.”

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Diversity training seeks to build bridges

Moose Jaw Pride to host community session to educate people about how to support gender and sexual diversity

Crystal Schick/Times-Herald

Joe Wickenhauser, executive director for

Moose Jaw Pride, poses for a photo in his

office in Moose Jaw on Jan. 5, 2017.

By Lisa Goudy

When a transgender person needs to use the washroom at work, if no clear policies are in place, it can be uncomfortable for that person.

“A lot of people don’t really imagine the world from that perspective. So I think when people hear about the life experiences of LGBT people, it becomes more relevant,” said Joe Wickenhauser, executive director of Moose Jaw Pride.

“There are LGBT people in our community accessing our services and we can make sure that we’re supportive of that.”

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Gravelbourg man facing firearms, cocaine charges

 By Lisa Goudy

A 73-year-old Gravelbourg man is facing several drug and firearms charges.

Robert Arams is charged with one count of resisting arrest, two counts of unsafe storage of firearms, possession of a prohibited weapon, possession of a weapon dangerous to the public, possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and possession of cocaine.

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