Discover Moose Jaw Staff

The road will be closed, but the street will be humming.

On Saturday, September 16, Hopkins Dining Parlour at 65 Athabasca St W in Moose Jaw will celebrate its 44th anniversary with live music, gift certificates and delicious food. And ghosts, maybe?

Saskatchewan Highway Patrol officers made a critical stop on a Saskatchewan highway that led to the seizure of $1.1 million in illegal tobacco products. A government release indicates approximately 1.9 million unstamped cigarettes were discovered, and the driver of the truck carrying the contraband was taken into custody.  

Have you ever wanted to see the inside of a fire truck? Meet your hero? Maybe honk the horn or ignite the sirens? 

Well, the Moose Jaw Early Years Family Resource Centre has the event for you, as they are bringing back their Touch A Truck event for the second year.  

Kids of all ages will be able to come out to the Moose Jaw Events Centre on Saturday and get up close and personal with some mighty machines.  

On August 21, the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority (FCAA) announced its participation in the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) Individual Refund Offset Program. The program allows the FCAA to recover outstanding debts owed to the Crown through an individual’s tax refunds and other benefits. 

With the Labour Day long weekend upon us, many will be heading to campgrounds and starting up a campfire.

While campfires can be a fun part of the camping experience, it doesn’t come without its risks. Safety precautions should be taken so the fire doesn’t get out of control. 

Moose Jaw Fire Department Public Education Officer Cathie Bassett said, that before you even start your fire, make sure that there are no fire bans in place. 

July has been a rough month on the jobs front in Saskatchewan, according to Statistics Canada. The province lost 5,700 jobs in total, 5,200 of which were full-time, from the previous month.  Manitoba and Saskatchewan have the dubious distinction of shedding jobs, while employment numbers were up in Alberta, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, notes the Stats Canada website.  

Discovering news articles, photos and videos on Facebook and Instagram will soon become a relic of the past, as Meta has begun ending news availability in Canada. 

Already many Facebook and Instagram users in Moose Jaw and the southwest have noticed they no longer have access to posts from Discover Moose Jaw, 800 CHAB, MIX 103.9 FM, and COUNTRY 100.7 FM .  

The Opposition NDP is expressing concerns about the provincial government’s handling of homelessness in cities and rural communities outside Regina and Saskatoon. The criticism, levelled by NDP Leader Carla Beck and Opposition Housing Critic Meara Conway, comes in light of documents obtained from the Saskatchewan Housing Corporation. Those documents show high vacancy rates for social housing at a time when municipalities have put out alerts about a growing homeless population. 

The 2023 Saskatchewan Festival of Words is set to be bigger, more interactive and more inclusive than ever before.

Among the headline authors at the July 13th to 16th event in Moose Jaw will be Bob McDonald, the longtime presenter of CBC Radio’s Quirks & Quarks who’ll be reading from his latest book The Future is Now on the mornings of the 14th and 15th.

The 2023 Saskatchewan Festival of Words is set to be bigger, more interactive and more inclusive than ever before.

Among the headline authors at the July 13th to 16th event in Moose Jaw will be Bob McDonald, the longtime presenter of CBC Radio’s Quirks & Quarks who’ll be reading from his latest book The Future is Now on the mornings of the 14th and 15th.