Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Cutting locks for Taylor

Lindale School rallies around fellow student diagnosed with leukemia

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Diane Therrien of Hair Expressions cuts Scout

Panko’s hair for Pantene Beautiful Lengths

at Lindale School on Jan. 27, 2017.

By Lisa Goudy

As Scout Panko’s long hair was cut short on Friday, she exclaimed, “This is for you, Taylor!”
Panko joined fellow Grade 4 students Kaylee Hogeboom and Zoey Meger in cutting their hair for Pantene Beautiful Lengths at Lindale School on Friday in the name of fellow Grade 4 student Taylor Duncan, who has leukemia. 

Taylor’s mother also cut her hair on Friday. Pantene Beautiful Lengths uses donated hair to make wigs for people with cancer.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Lisa's Corner: Reconnect to what matters

By Lisa Goudy

I’m a huge fan of old movies.

Take Alfred Hitchcock for example. His thriller films show why he’s the Master of Suspense and I love them. His films are great, with standout cast members and an intriguing story.

The same goes for other earlier films, apart from just Hitchcock.
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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: NDP criticizes Warren Michelson over email correspondence

Moose Jaw North MLA defends his actions, saying information in the individual’s email was ‘inaccurate’

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Moose Jaw North MLA Warren Michelson

stands outside his constituency office.

By Lisa Goudy

On Thursday, the Saskatchewan NDP criticized Moose Jaw North MLA Warren Michelson over email correspondence with constituent Shawna North.

“I don’t like what I’m seeing from the provincial government. Their privatization agenda and ongoing budget cuts are ultimately going to cripple our community and province,” reads the email. “We cherish our Crowns and public services, and residents all over Saskatchewan rely on them every day.”

Michelson’s response was, “I have no idea where you are getting your information, but it is totally inaccurate and false,” his email reads. “I can tell you that we are working hard to get back to a balanced budget, which may include tightening in areas, but to this point there are no ‘cuts.’”

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Bee-ing a spelling champion

Sunningdale School holds second annual spelling bee for Family Literacy Day

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Daniel Cowan, Grade 3 student, spells a word during

the Sunningdale School Spelling Bee on Friday. He

won the Grade 3 portion with the winning word of ‘surface.’

By Lisa Goudy

Whispers of excitement echoed in the Sunningdale School as students, many dressed in yellow and black, waited for the school spelling bee to start.

As soon as it did, the chatter died down to silence. One by one, each student finalist stepped up to the microphone and attempted to spell the word given to them by one of the School Community Council (SCC) parents on the panel. Regardless of whether they gave a correct answer, the student body cheered on each student.

It was Sunningdale School’s second annual Spelling Bee on Friday, which was Family Literacy Day, a national awareness initiative that first started in 1999.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Former Moose Jaw judge’s take on Louis Riel

Submitted photo

David Orr, who was a judge in Moose Jaw from

1996 to 2007, has written a book about Louis Riel.

By Lisa Goudy

When David Orr was a boy, an older Metis fellow, Harry Hourie, used to come into his father’s store in Regina.

“He was a huge old man, 6’6” or so.  He wore a cowboy hat and a buckskin jacket. He would’ve been 85 years old,” he said. “He told my dad stories of the old west,” said Orr.

“Listening to this old guy’s stories made me interested in the rebellion. He remembered it. He remembered the Mounties in their red coats. He remembered the militia in their red coats. He had actually seen Riel and it turns out his own brother, Tom Hourie, was the scout who captured Louis Riel after the battle of Batoche and that’s historically true too. I looked it up and that got me interested. I thought, ‘This old man actually remembers this incredible thing.’”
 
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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Local man wins $100,000

Photo courtesy Saskatchewan Lotteries

Keith Brenner of Moose Jaw recently discovered

that he won $100,000 with his lottery ticket.

By Lisa Goudy

Keith Brenner is now $100,000 happier.

Using the WCLC mobile app, he checked his Lotto Max ticket, Saskatchewan Lotteries announced Wednesday. He discovered he won $100,000 on the Dec. 23 Extra draw.

"I was scanning a few of my tickets with my phone,” he said in a release. “The last one I scanned was the winner. I called my wife over and we scanned it again. We just started jumping up and down and hooting and hollering. We were so happy.”

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Politicos talk in favour of Keystone

Politicians say pipelines are still safest transport, despite recent oil spill

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Moose Jaw-Lake Centre-Lanigan

 Conservative MP is pictured.

By Lisa Goudy

Moose Jaw-Lake Centre-Lanigan Conservative MP Tom Lukiwski was pleased to hear of U.S. President Donald Trump’s revival of the Keystone XL pipeline.

“We’ve long been advocating for the Keystone XL pipeline as you know. So this is good news for Saskatchewan,” he said. “It’ll mean economic prosperity and I think, assuming the Keystone actually goes forward, that it’s going to be a very, very good news story for everyone in Western Canada and across the country.”

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