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Greenhouse Reopens with a New Location and a Renewed Sense of Purpose

Nestled just 15 minutes south of Moose Jaw, Just a Girl in Her Garden has reopened its greenhouse this season – something that wasn’t always a given. After the sudden passing of her brother in March, owner Jacqueline Williams had initially planned to pause operations this year. But a surprise delivery of 250 plants changed everything.

Rob Carnie - Summer will soon be here city manager Carmichael, the Phyllis Dewar Outdoor Pool is slated to open when? 

Maryse Carmichael - The Phyllis Dewar Outdoor pool will be open June 16, what an exciting time of the year. I see so many kids throughout the summer having such a great time at our outdoor pools, so it (the opening) is coming up June 16.  

Rob Carnie - Public Works Week coming up next week, tell us about that. 

Maryse Carmichael - Our residents see our public works crews all year long. Whether they're cleaning, removing the snow off your street, or they're working on the sewers, our workers are in the city all year long and now it's a chance to go and visit their office.  

Rob Carnie - Community cleanup, it was a success. 

Maryse Carmichael - It was a success! We had 167 people show up for the cleanup and we collected 1.2 tonnes of waste. So, it makes a big difference.  

We will have another community cleanup in September between now and then. I encourage everyone to keep our city looking as beautiful as we can, and let's put the garbage in the trash, not on ground. 

Rob Carnie - Construction. We are up and running. The Cast Iron Water Main Replacement is underway in downtown Moose Jaw and on 4th Ave. SW on South Hill.  

How are you getting to working back? It's very difficult downtown these days. 

Maryse Carmichael - It is difficult, but it's for good a good reason.  

Rob Carnie - It's a brand-new edition of Take 5 with Carnie and Carmichael, featuring Moose Jaw city manager Maryse Carmichael.  

The zoning bylaw amendment that is tied to federal funding has been passed. A lot of Moose Jaw residents were quite outspoken on social media; they had a lot of questions about this amendment that will allow fourplexes to be built in certain neighborhoods, then they learned it's all tied to federal funding.  

Melissa Guillaume and her family farm in Marquis and recently won the Farmer Appreciation – Spring Seeding Edition prize by 800 CHAB, Country 100, and Silver Star Salvage & Recycling — she said they’re almost done seeding already, and they’re not giving up on canola. 

They have a saying at High Test Enterprises: “Wanna get paid to stare out the window all day?”

Given that High Test is a Class 1 training centre, the phrase is a playful one. It speaks to careers in trucking that many drivers aspire to. But it’s especially meaningful to Reade Lalonde, who coined it.

“I have ADHD, so when I was in school I used to stare outside,” he says. “I hated being in school, and they used to say that I’d never get anywhere staring out the window.”

Just a short hop east of Moose Jaw, by the ESSO on the Trans-Canada Highway, R&S Family Restaurant has been a local favourite since Richard and Sherri Goddard opened its doors in 1994 in Moosebank before moving to Moose Jaw. R&S is built on delicious home-style meals, remarkably affordable prices, and a genuine dedication to their  motto: "Pleasing You, Pleases Us!"

Prairie Bee Meadery is Saskatchewan’s premier craft meadery, known for their award-winning honey wines, also known as mead – a traditional beverage made from fermenting honey that goes back centuries.

Prairie Bee Meadery began back in 2012 with their parent company, Grandpa’s Garden, a u-pick farm, growing fruits like sour cherries, strawberries, raspberries, haskap berries, and melons, as well as a selection of market garden vegetables.