Moose Jaw City Council

 The Chhokar family has lived in Moose Jaw since 1971 and managed nearly 200 rental units since 1994, and wants to add more housing, which could support the community’s many international students.   Businessman JC Chhokar has been working with city administration since September 2023 to develop a new housing block at 1345 and 1351 […]

MOOSE JAW—The Kinsmen Sportsplex Arena’s sprinklers have been battered by errant lacrosse balls in the past month, forcing city hall to spend potentially $50,000 to protect the fire-suppression infrastructure. The city temporarily closed the arena on April 4 after a misplaced lacrosse shot hit the fire sprinkler and caused it to go off. The incident […]

Creating a downtown business improvement district and encouraging the federal government to provide more funding to municipalities to enhance infrastructure are issues two members of Moose Jaw city council want to see addressed.  Councillors Heather Eby and Dawn Luhning gave notice during the March 25 regular meeting that they planned to introduce motions at future […]

A proposed independent elementary school called Roots School received the OK from Moose Jaw city council Monday night for their siteThe discretionary use application for the kindergarten to grade 8 alternative school made it through council last night. The school is located on the former Prairie Winds Church. “For now, 20 students it would be,” […]

Some geohazards exist along the Moose Jaw River, particularly near the edge of the valley where property owners are potentially facing shallow to moderately deep slides. The city of Moose Jaw is going forward with a multi-year program to monitor the ground near slumping properties in the area. Bevan Harlton with the Moose Jaw engineering […]

Moose Jaw city council today will re-visit a decision they made a couple of weeks ago to hire a company to negotiate renaming rights to the building currently known as Mosaic Place. On June 13th, council voted to spend $29,000 to have Performance Sponsorship Group approach companies. They would then also get a commission as […]

The deadline for filing your taxes in Moose Jaw is coming up at the end of the month. In May, city council approved a 5.45 per cent mill rate increase for 2022. That includes a 3.84 per cent increase for Moose Jaw programs and services and a 1.61 per cent increase for Moose Jaw Police […]

Moose Jaw City Council has approved an operating budget for 2022. The new budget was approved by a 6-1 vote on Wednesday. Included is a 5.45 percent tax increase. Of that, 3.84 will be for City services, with the remainder going to the Moose Jaw Police Service. That means the average household in Moose Jaw […]