Carnie's Comments - Your Financial Future

Carnie's Comments

Do you remember what you got paid at your first job?

I do. It was minimum wage in the summer of 1983. I had another part-time job that summer, working on the sports desk at the local newspaper. They paid me 35 cents per published column inch. It wasn't much.

I'm thinking about that today as I read about the latest Nanos Research polling which found young Canadians are "increasingly pessimistic" about their financial futures.

Carter Beck's grand slam ends the Miller Express's season

The Saskatoon Berries’ Carter Beck hit a walk-off grand slam home run in the bottom of the 10th inning for a 16-12 victory over the Moose Jaw Miller Express, taking their Western Canadian Baseball League East Division semifinal 2-1.

The game was originally scheduled to be played in Saskatoon on Friday, but was rained out and postponed to Saturday night.

Sports Round-Up: Monday, August 11

The Moose Jaw Miller Express's season came to an end at the hands of Carter Beck and the Saskatoon Berries on Saturday in the WCBL East Division semifinal Game 3 in Saskatoon.

Moose Jaw was leading 12-10 heading into the ninth inning when Saskatoon scored two to tie the game and send it to extra innings. Beck would hit a walk off grand slam in the bottom of the 10th to give Saskatoon the series win. The Berries now face the Regina Red Sox in the East Division final. Regina took Game 1 by a score of 8-7 last night. Game 2 is tonight in Regina.

MLA McLeod & Patterson's Report from the Legislature - August 8, 2025

 

Below you'll find MLA Tim McLeod and MLA Megan Patterson's Report from the Legislature for August 8, 2025. 

The views expressed below are solely the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official stance of Golden West.

 

 

                                

Moose Jaw home prices jump 14 per cent as supply tightens in July

Moose Jaw’s housing market somehow managed to heat up again in July, according to the latest numbers from the Saskatchewan Realtors Association (SRA), with the city’s benchmark home price climbing nearly 14 per cent year-over-year to $281,700 as inventory stayed thin and buyers competed for a limited number of listings. 

Touch-a-Truck: Fourth year of hands-on fun combined with literacy on the way

Families will have a chance to climb into the driver’s seat of some of Moose Jaw’s biggest, powerfullest, and most important vehicles in early September, when the fourth annual Touch-a-Truck rolls into the parking lot and inside the curling rink at Temple Gardens Centre.

Hosted by the Moose Jaw Early Years Family Resource Centre in partnership with the Moose Jaw & District Chamber of Commerce, Temple Gardens, the South Central Literacy Network, and the Moose Jaw Public Library, the free event mixes hands-on fun with early learning.

Rhaea Stinn taking Moose Jaw power to the world stage in Chengdu

When Rhaea Stinn steps onto the lifting platform at the 2025 World Games in Chengdu, China, she’ll be representing more than her own legacy. For two decades, Stinn has been a cornerstone of Canadian powerlifting — a decorated athlete, mentor, and builder of the strength community in Moose Jaw, in Saskatchewan, and across the country.