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With training camp around the corner, the Moose Jaw Warriors are putting out a call for billet families — either permanent and temporary — to open their homes to players arriving for the 2025–26 season.

Ryan Stephenson, billet coordinator for the WHL club, said players are expected to start arriving as early as August 25, with the team needing several more families to step forward in the next couple of weeks.

Work began Monday to install seven new pedestrian safety beacons across Moose Jaw, helping to light up some of the city's most vulnerable crosswalks with indicators that drivers will find impossible not to see.

The City says it’s using $200,000 in SGI traffic safety grant funding to install Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFBs) at seven high-traffic pedestrian locations, including six near schools and one for Main and MacDonald.

Contractors began hydro excavation work Monday morning, with installation expected to wrap up at most locations by the end of the week.

A man facing charges connected to a fatal rollover last November appeared in Moose Jaw provincial court on Monday. 

Tyrel Cronan appeared in person with his lawyer, Merv Nidesh. 

Nidesh said he was working with the Crown prosecutor’s office to move the case forward but requested an adjournment to Sept. 3. 

Major institutional investors are asking the federal government to give them a reason to invest more at home in the upcoming fall budget, says the Liberal MPs leading budget consultations across Canada.

The federal Liberals are in the midst of consultations on the upcoming 2025 budget. While federal budgets typically are tabled in the spring, this one is set to land during the fall session of Parliament.

The RCMP is introducing a drone corridor along part of the Canada-U.S. border in an effort to boost security.

Drones are to patrol the border in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba in what the RCMP says is a trial.

The force says the corridor has been established with help from Transport Canada and drone patrols will target illegal activity including smuggling and drug trafficking.

It says the corridor extends from the ground to 500 feet in the air and one nautical mile north of the border, or just under two kilometres.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Cynthia Marie Howe (née: Poole), a beloved mother, grandmother and partner, on Saturday, August 2nd, 2025, after an ongoing 12-year battle with cancer.

Cynthia was born on October 27th, 1957 in Lethbridge, AB to parents Marilyn and Joseph Poole. She welcomed 3 children with her ex-husband. She is survived by her 3 children, her grandchildren, as well as many more she called family.

The City of Moose Jaw issued 18 building permits in July for projects worth more than $20 million. 

The largest project was a primary industry new build on 2200 Caribou Street West valued at $16.2 million. 

There were three industrial permits issued worth a total of $18.4 million, and one institutional and government permit for a religious building worth $350,000. 

The city also issued 14 residential permits worth $1.3 million, including a $500,000 new build on Iron Bridge Drive and a $495,000 new build on West Park Boulevard. 

The Moose Jaw–Swift Current region had the lowest unemployment rate of any region in Canada in July, according to Statistics Canada. 

The region’s unemployment rate was 2.4 per cent. The next closest in the country was the Yorkton–Melville region at 3.1 per cent. This is significantly down from an unemployment rate of 5.2 per cent in July of last year. 

With harvest just getting underway across the Prairies, farmers are being reminded to think about safety when working with grain. The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) is urging farmers to prioritize safety around grain handling with the launch of its fifth annual Be Grain Safe Week.

Livestock farms often need to use their land carefully in order to get the best results for their animals, which is why the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment is sharing some tips on good grazing practices. Trevor Lennox, a Range Management Extension Specialist, talks about one of the biggest potential mistakes a farm operation can make: overgrazing.