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Rob Carney - Downtown Moose Jaw’s sparkling, thanks in large part to the Downtown Moose Jaw Association. Tell us that story. 

Maryse Carmichael - Yes, something new this year, is that the Downtown Moose Jaw Association is working with some folks that are in the city to beautify and clean up our downtown.  

Rob Carney - Next up on the agenda, the Saskatchewan Festival of Words, a wonderful event that will draw hundreds more tourists to the city. 

Maryse Carmichael - (It brings in a) totally different group of people. I remember last summer being at one of our great restaurants in town and talking to some tourists that were there for Festival of Words coming from BC.  

Rainfall across the prairies and even provincially has been quite variable this year.

Some areas have seen some pretty wicked storms bringing heavy rain, high winds and hail.

The Canadian Crop Hail Association says storm activity across the prairies in the last two weeks of June resulted in farmers filing well over 2000 hail claims.

According to the report mid-June thunderstorms dropped pea- to toonie-sized hail across Western Canada.  

Rob Carney - It's another edition of Take 5 with Carney and Carmichael, featuring Moose Jaw city manager Maurice Carmichael. Today we're talking about tourism.  

It's peak tourism season in Moose Jaw, and what a month it's been so far Maryse, I mean, we had Sidewalk Days, and then we had Shania Twain right on the heels of Sidewalk Days.  

You checked out Sidewalk Days and you checked out Shania Twain. Memorable, huh? 

Rob Carney - One more thing I want to talk about is that the Safe Routes Program is complete. All the signage is up and now it's not just our school zones with 30 kilometer an hour speed limits, but all of our playground zones as well. 

Maryse Carmichael - All the changes have been made, so be careful when you drive; it might be in your neighborhood.

Carnie's Comments

It's time for Twitter Tuesday - the best from the best of the Twitterati.

This guy's on his summer vacation and shares, "It takes me an hour to checkout of a hotel - 5 minutes to pack and 55 minutes to obsessively pace around the room to make sure I got everything."

I like this, "Buying my nephews the 200 pack of crayons made me a hero. Asking them which colour was their favourite flavour made me a legend."

Here's a fella who writes, "I don't think inside the box. I don't think outside the box either. I don't even know where the box is."

Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan is once again looking for nominees for the 2025 Champion Award.

The award recognizes an individual who has taken the initiative to engage or educate consumers about food and farming in our province. Nominees have used their skills to help inform consumers about production practices and have done a measurable job of promoting our industry.

Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan works with a selection panel to recognize a person who strives to engage consumers about agriculture and helps farmers to build public trust in our province and beyond.

ISAAC ADER (ADAIR) DENG CHOUL

April 29th, 2004 – June 27th, 2025

Isaac Ader Deng Choul, known to many as Adair, was born in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya on April 29th, 2004.  He spent his early years there before moving with his family to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in 2018.  Adair was the second of seven children: Adoor, Chol, Nyankiir, Adau, Akoy, and Akur.

World wheat stocks could climb to 271 million tonnes by the end of 2025-26, up from 264 million tonnes at the end of 2024-25

There will be plenty of wheat in the world in 2025-26, say analysts.

“As we enter mid-year Northern Hemisphere harvest, a larger-than-expected crop is expected to limit the upside in global wheat prices,” Dennis Voznesenski, agricultural economist with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, said in his recent Agri Commodity Weekly Alert.

The family of Angeline Steele is heartbroken to announce her passing on July 4, 2025, at the age 93. She was born to Mary and Thomas Martin on March 24, 1932.