Emergency sewer repair leads to road closure in northwest Moose Jaw

Residents and motorists are being advised that emergency sewer and water repairs on the 1100 block of 13th Avenue NW have necessitated the street's closure. The City of Moose Jaw states that the closure will be in effect today and tomorrow and asks the public to keep a safe distance from the construction zone while work is taking place.

Victor Sandberg

VICTOR (SANDY) SANDBERG

September 11th, 1932 - April 11th, 2025

Victor “Sandy” Sandberg aged 92 years of Moose Jaw, SK, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, April 11th, 2025, with his wife Jackie at his side.

Inflation cooled to 2.3% in March as gas prices fell, StatCan says

Canadians got a break on inflation in March as gas prices fell and a slowdown in travel to the United States helped cool airfare costs, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.

The annual rate of inflation slowed to 2.3 per cent last month, down from 2.6 per cent in February. A poll provided by LSEG Data & Analytics ahead of Tuesday’s release had expected yearly inflation to hold steady month-to-month.

StatCan said gas prices fell 1.6 per cent year-over-year in March, coming off a hike of 5.1 per cent in February.

Carnie's Comments - Twitter Tuesday

Carnie's Comments

It's time for the best from the best on Twitter Tuesday.

First thing this morning this guy says, "We can put Katy Perry in space but we can't make a smoke detector battery that doesn't chirp at 2 AM."

I like this, "Just had to do employee confidentiality training. I probably shouldn't be telling you this."

Here's a friend who Tweets, "I went to the bank yesterday just to browse."

A funny gal I follow says, "Yes, I'm still single. I'm playing hard to tolerate."

Sask Selects camps hitting the road this spring

Instead of athletes having to drive a long distance, the Sask Selects Football Program is bringing their camps to the players for 2025.

Throughout May, June, and July, the Sask Selects will hold camps in 11 locations: Saskatoon, Regina, Medicine Hat, Weyburn, Estevan, Lloydminster, Meadow Lake, Moosomin, Melville, Outlook, and Swift Current.

"Everybody kind of overlooks those smaller communities, so we're going to make a concerted effort to go and find those diamonds in the rough," said Coach Zeljko of the Sask Selects.

Nature events with Wild About Moose Jaw this weekend, including black bears, Crocus walk

Wild About Moose Jaw and the Moose Jaw Nature Society have events coming up this weekend and on April 26, including a presentation on co-existing with black bears and moose, an annual Crocus Walk out at Buffalo Pound, and a pollinator garden seed exchange at the Moose Jaw Public Library (MJPL). 

“We don’t have the opportunity to see large creatures in and around Moose Jaw,” said Rich Pickering, president of the Moose Jaw Nature Society and a member of Wild About Moose Jaw.