Mechanical issues persist, City cancels school bus runs
The City of Moose Jaw is notifying residents that due to ongoing repairs, all school bus runs conducted by the City of Moose Jaw are cancelled for the day.
Sports Round-Up: Tuesday April 15
The Sask Selects Football Program is bringing their camps to the players for 2025.
Camps and tryouts will be held in 11 locations across Saskatchewan throughout May, June, and July.
Dates of camps and registration details can be found in our article today.
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.
Acting chief speaking about two recent police operations
Acting police chief Rick Johns commented on two recent successful investigations completed by the Moose Jaw Police Service that resulted in arrests.
In late March, the Moose Jaw Police Service received multiple complaints about a “grandparent scam,” including more than 30 complaints in a single day.
Asphalt recycler here and producing hot mix
An asphalt recycler purchased by the city arrived in March and is now in operation, producing hot mix.
The recycler uses old milled asphalt, heats it, applies a polymer and brings it up to temperature to create hot mix for more permanent asphalt repairs.
Opportunities and growth ahead as Manitoba Pork celebrates 60 years
Manitoba Pork celebrated its 60th anniversary during its annual meeting and industry banquet Thursday in Winnipeg. Producers, processors and various stakeholders gathered at the Fairmont for the day full of meetings which was capped by an evening gala. There are currently 188 registered producers in the province, representing 608 farms and 22,000 full-time equivalent jobs.
Poilievre pledges to use the notwithstanding clause, Carney talks defence procurement
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising that a government led by him would use the notwithstanding clause to override Charter rights to implement his tough-on-crime agenda — something no prime minister has ever done.
Poilievre was campaigning in Montreal on Monday, where he announced he would pass a law to allow judges to impose consecutive life sentences in cases of multiple murders. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 2022 that imposing consecutive life sentences violates an offender's Charter rights.
City school bus routes cancelled for remainder of today and into tommorow
The City of Moose Jaw is letting residents know that school bus routes have been canceled for this afternoon.
The routes have been cancelled due to ongoing mechanical issues. The city announced that all city school bus routes for tomorrow will also be canceled.
UPDATE: Missing woman from Airdrie found safe
UPDATE:
Airdrie RCMP have annouced that Elizabeth Thuy Nguyen has been found safe.
**Original article**
Airdrie RCMP is requesting public assistance in locating 32-year-old Elizabeth Thuy Nguyen.
She was last seen on April 11 in Airdrie. Police believe should could be in the Regina area and there is concern for her well-being.
Nguyen is described as medium build, five-foot-five, 110 pounds, black hair and brown eyes.