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The Moose Jaw Fire Department’s (MJFD) South Hill station on Lillooet Street rang with the clamour of hundreds of small voices on Oct. 12 as school tours resumed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fire Prevention Week.

The parks and recreation department presented its 2023 playground renewal program list during city council’s Oct. 11 regular meeting, with council voting to accept the document. 

Infinity Athletics is looking for local Moose Jaw businesses to join them for their third annual Trunk or Treat event, which will be held in their parking lot at 34 Highland Road on Oct. 30 from 2 to 4 p.m.

The new CBA covers 2019 to 2021 and gives firefighters increases of 2.5 per cent each year — for a total of 7.5 per cent — along with a 0.5-per-cent increase in pension contributions.

The parks and recreation department presented its 2023 cemetery rates report during city council’s Oct. 11 regular meeting. Council voted to accept the new rates, which go into effect Jan. 1, 2023.

The Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils (OSAC) is bringing iLumiDance by Rainbow Dance Theatre to 26 Saskatchewan schools beginning Oct. 17 — including three performances in Moose Jaw and one in Assiniboia.

Here are five headlines for Thursday, Oct. 13.

Thursday will have a high of 14 C and a low of 3 C.

The parks and recreation department presented its 2023 parks and rec rates and fees policy during the Oct. 11 regular council meeting.

The Tru-Unity Girls Leadership program was founded seven years ago by Angela Sereda, Jenn Angus, and Jocelyn MacLeod to give Moose Jaw’s young women more opportunities to learn what they are capable of.