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Rob Carnie - Community cleanup, it was a success. 

Maryse Carmichael - It was a success! We had 167 people show up for the cleanup and we collected 1.2 tonnes of waste. So, it makes a big difference.  

We will have another community cleanup in September between now and then. I encourage everyone to keep our city looking as beautiful as we can, and let's put the garbage in the trash, not on ground. 

Rob Carnie - Construction. We are up and running. The Cast Iron Water Main Replacement is underway in downtown Moose Jaw and on 4th Ave. SW on South Hill.  

How are you getting to working back? It's very difficult downtown these days. 

Maryse Carmichael - It is difficult, but it's for good a good reason.  

Rob Carnie - It's a brand-new edition of Take 5 with Carnie and Carmichael, featuring Moose Jaw city manager Maryse Carmichael.  

The zoning bylaw amendment that is tied to federal funding has been passed. A lot of Moose Jaw residents were quite outspoken on social media; they had a lot of questions about this amendment that will allow fourplexes to be built in certain neighborhoods, then they learned it's all tied to federal funding.  

They won the President's Trophy for the best record in the NHL this season but the Winnipeg Jets are now one loss away from elimination in the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Dallas Stars beat the Jets 3-1 last night, taking a 3-1 series lead.

Two games tonight - the Edmonton Oilers look to advance to the next round as they take a 3 games-to-one series lead into Vegas for game 5 versus the Golden Knights and Toronto is hosting Florida with that series tied 2-2.

The Medicine Hat Tigers shutout the Chiefs in Spokane 6-0 last night, taking a 2-1 series lead in the WHL final.

Melissa Guillaume and her family farm in Marquis and recently won the Farmer Appreciation – Spring Seeding Edition prize by 800 CHAB, Country 100, and Silver Star Salvage & Recycling — she said they’re almost done seeding already, and they’re not giving up on canola. 

Employment rates in the Moose Jaw–Swift Current region remained relatively steady in April compared to the same time last year. 

According to Statistics Canada, the region recorded 52,000 people employed last month out of a labour force of about 55,100, for an employment rate of 59.8 per cent. All statistics are based on a three-month moving average and are not seasonally adjusted. 

The province's ongoing battle against aquatic invasive species (AIS) is in the spotlight, with May 12-16 being declared Saskatchewan Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week. 

The Ministry of Environment is using the opportunity to teach the public about the importance of slowing the spread of AIS and the steps taken to keep our province's waterbodies healthy­; something that is all the more crucial ahead of the upcoming May Long Weekend, which will see thousands of residents make use of the countless outdoor spaces in Saskatchewan.

Moose Jaw’s Cameron Billy will be taking part in the WBC Muay Thai World Festival in Verona, Italy, from June 25 to 29. 

The four-day competition will feature 800 fighters from 90 countries across five continents. 

It’s an amateur Muay Thai event, with competitors classified by weight and skill levels. Billy will compete in the 200-pound C tier. Although he has fought in many unsanctioned tournaments in Saskatchewan, he has only one sanctioned tournament under his belt, which took place in Calgary. 

A global study from UNICEF suggests many Canadian kids are unhappy, with social struggles such as bullying and difficulty making friends among the sources of their anguish. 

UNICEF’s 19th Report Card suggests one in five youth in Canada face frequent bullying, one in five are lonely and one in four struggle to make friends.

It blames bullying in particular for a drop in life satisfaction reported by 15-year-olds, down three percentage points to 76 per cent since 2018.

Prime Minister Mark Carney shook up his cabinet Tuesday by moving some key players involved in Canada-U.S. relations into new positions and promoting 24 new faces in a move meant to signal change at the top.

While some were prominent figures in former prime minister Justin Trudeau's government — including Dominic LeBlanc, Mélanie Joly, Chrystia Freeland and François-Philippe Champagne — Carney froze out other prominent members of his predecessor's team.

Carney named 28 full ministers to his cabinet, which will meet for the first time on Wednesday.