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Year in Review: March

March kicked off with events like the PRISM Awards and Telemiracle, but was soon dominated by COVID-19 closures and restrictions
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The 2020 PRISM Award winners, L-R: Julie Knox, Jaimee Lynn-Hodgson, Joan Buckmaster, Roberta Fonger, Marcy Duffey, Jackie Wilson, and Jocelyn MacLeod.

MooseJawToday.com will be presenting a month by month look back at 2020 over the next few days.

The following is a sample of headlines from March.

Local girl continues birthday tradition of collecting Telemiracle donations

Scotties provided needed economic injection into community

Campaign underway to have Tommy Douglas chosen for $5 bill

Carpere Canada pulls out of deal to buy 780 acres of city land

2019 a ‘horrible year’ for water main breaks in Moose Jaw

Residential school survivor speaks to students about her experience

Impromptu Telemiracle fundraiser at Peacock raises money to shave one student’s head

West Park has big plans for park upgrades this year

Moose Jaw’s Botterill, U of S win silver at USport track and field championship

Annual PRISM Awards honours yet another year of local women’s successes

Another successful student gaming marathon at Lvl Up 2020

Moose Jaw’s Epoch, U of S Huskies win USports women’s basketball title

Peacock’s Miller wins provincial high school wrestling gold

Annual Women’s Society potluck gathers plenty of delicious dishes and community

Decade of dominance: Peacock wins 10th straight girls basketball championship

Central wins fifth-straight high school boys basketball title

Basketball players saddened their playoffs cancelled by teachers’ job action

Co-op refinery members return to Moose Jaw to protest

U of S researchers working on coronavirus vaccine receive funding

Northwest Child Development Centre celebrates official grand opening

First presumptive case of COVID-19 in Sask. confirmed

Downtown could sound magnificent if historic bells restored, resident suggests

Canadian Hockey League to suspend season

Prov. government limits public gatherings of over 250 people, enacts other measures

Government of Saskatchewan announces school closures

Closure of Regina publisher Coteau Books 'a devastating thing' for Sask. writers, says founder

Teacher receives national award for promoting physical fitness in school

New storefront featuring products from local makers opens in Moose Jaw

WHL season officially comes to an end

Sask. declares state of emergency in province to combat pandemic

Brownlee distillery supplying health-care agencies with high-proof alcohol amidst supply-shortages

Youth asks province to buy life-saving medicine for cystic fibrosis

Canadian Hockey League cancels 2020 playoffs, Memorial Cup

Homemade hearts and chalk messages filling Moose Jaw windows and driveways

Cast iron project still a go this year on two of city's busiest streets

Sask. government closing all but ‘essential services,’ limits public gatherings to 10

Lack of painted lines on First Avenue Northwest frustrates some motorists

City hall to haggle for access rights through Valley View property

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