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I like this, "When a kid says, 'Daddy, I want mommy', that's the kid version of 'I'd like to speak to your supervisor'."

A question "If you didn't cry while your dad was trying to teach you math at the kitchen table, did you even really have a childhood?"

This friend shares, "There are two types of people. I avoid both."

A fellow radio announcer posting, "I think I successfully fixed my friend's microphone...still waiting for some feedback."

Duchak, James (Jim) Mark

May 25, 1956 – July 25, 2025

Moose Jaw's Little League All Stars go gunning for their first win today at the Canadian Championships in Victoria. They'll play Team Alberta at 11:30 local time.

Alberta is coming of a 7-2 victory over Quebec yesterday, improving to 2 and 1. 

The Moose Jaw Miller Express outscored Weyburn Beavers 11-8 at Ross Wells Park last night. Austin Gurney, Eduardo Saenz and Tanner DeGrazia hit home runs for the winners. The Millers will play host to the Swift Current 57's tonight.

Justice Minister and Moose Jaw North MLA Tim McLeod announced at the Moose Jaw Police Service on Monday that the province’s Safe Public Spaces (Street Weapons) Act comes into effect starting today.

The act allows police to seize or lay a provincial charge for the possession, transportation and storage of weapons such as knives, hypodermic needles, bladed weapons and bear spray in public spaces when they are intended to be used for a dangerous purpose.

McLeod added that the act also takes into account dangerous drugs such as fentanyl and methamphetamine.

The latest Saskatchewan Crop Report paints a familiar but sobering picture for farmers: some rain has helped, but heat and dry conditions are taking a toll — especially in the south and northwest.

“Crop conditions are rated as fair to good,” said Kim Stonehouse, a crops extension specialist with the Ministry of Agriculture.

“There’s a small number rated as excellent, and a few, of course, poor. The crops are showing slight improvement over conditions we saw two weeks ago.”

A tip for how to actually save money while dealing with them is not something you typically get from an electrical company. But maybe RJ Electric of Avonlea, SK isn’t your regular utility business.

With persistent wildfire smoke blanketing much of Saskatchewan each summer, outdoor gardens are showing signs of stress — and according to Moose Jaw horticulturalist Leslie Cornell, the situation is only getting tougher for backyard growers.

“When you have clouds with a lot of particulates, you're blocking sunlight — which, you know, plants also need to eat,” said Cornell. “They also don’t breathe properly. They just are not functioning properly by any means.”

Road deaths in Saskatchewan RCMP jurisdiction reached a six-year high in 2024 — and the trend in 2025 is already looking worse.

Last year, Saskatchewan RCMP responded to 77 fatal collisions that resulted in 88 deaths, the highest toll since 2018. Serious injuries also rose sharply, with 271 collisions resulting in 321 people seriously hurt — a 48 per cent increase from 2023.

“First off, we want to send our condolences to all the families affected by these tragedies,” said Superintendent Grant St. Germaine, officer in charge of RCMP Traffic Services.

Unionized workers at Canada Post are entering their final day to vote on the Crown corporation's latest contract offer.

Voting is set to wrap up today at 5 p.m., with results expected to be shared shortly after.

The offer includes wage hikes of about 13 per cent over four years but also adds part-time workers that Canada Post has said are necessary to keep the postal service afloat.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has urged the roughly 55,000 postal service workers it represents to reject the proposal.

Canada was hit with 35 per cent tariffs on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump followed through on his threat to increase the duties if Ottawa didn't make a trade deal.

The White House has said the tariffs would not affect goods compliant with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade, commonly known as CUSMA.

Prime Minister Mark Carney had tempered expectations of an agreement by Friday, saying Ottawa will only agree to a deal "if there's one on the table that is in the best interests of Canadians."