Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 75 Location: Between the Gutter and the Stars
Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 12:20 am Post subject: Guide to Moose Jaw
I hate this city.
Moose Jaw is a very safe city and you will notice a strong police presence. Expect to be pulled over or a get parking ticket on your visit. Rest easy knowing that you contribute to the economic well-being of Moose Jaw by paying fines.
Moose Jaw loves a party! Thursday nights you will hear nothing but squealing tires and smashing glass in the distance all over the city. If you like mixed martial arts or bare knuckle boxing, you will find the fist fighting most enjoyable. Make sure you party in public though - house parties such as those thrown by students can net fines up to $2000.
If you long for quaint country living but prefer the city fear not for on Sunday evening the place smells like a stockyard.
Expect to discuss the virtues of murderer Colin Thatcher with the intellectual elites and enjoy all the history and culture of the city which hosted one of the largest KKK populations in Canada and builds its tourist economy around the exploits of an American criminal. _________________ All I know is that if God loves me only half as much as my mother does, he will not send me to Hell. That is a final fact of my inner consciousness, and for no religion could I deny its truth." Lin Yutang
Back in the day, when my grils and I would party at the Ranchman's during Stampede, we always said a big belt buckle was a tombstone for a small dick. Or something to that effect. It was funny at the time, okay? _________________ Scissors cuts paper. Paper covers rock. Rock crushes lizard. Lizard poisons Spock. Spock smashes scissors. Scissors decapitates lizard. Lizard eats paper. Paper disproves Spock. Spock vaporizes rock. And as it always has, rock crushes scissors.
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Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 1:24 am Post subject:
Diane Demorney wrote:
Back in the day, when my grils and I would party at the Ranchman's during Stampede, we always said a big belt buckle was a tombstone for a small dick. Or something to that effect. It was funny at the time, okay?
Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 2:03 am Post subject: Re: Guide to Moose Jaw
Deep Dish wrote:
I hate this city.
Moose Jaw is a very safe city and you will notice a strong police presence. Expect to be pulled over or a get parking ticket on your visit. Rest easy knowing that you contribute to the economic well-being of Moose Jaw by paying fines.
Moose Jaw loves a party! Thursday nights you will hear nothing but squealing tires and smashing glass in the distance all over the city. If you like mixed martial arts or bare knuckle boxing, you will find the fist fighting most enjoyable. Make sure you party in public though - house parties such as those thrown by students can net fines up to $2000.
If you long for quaint country living but prefer the city fear not for on Sunday evening the place smells like a stockyard.
Expect to discuss the virtues of murderer Colin Thatcher with the intellectual elites and enjoy all the history and culture of the city which hosted one of the largest KKK populations in Canada and builds its tourist economy around the exploits of an American criminal.
Well, I can't say I've ever noticed any of the above in my visits to Moose Jaw. I do like a soak at the spa pool and lunch at Nit's once in a while, though.
I think they've capitalized on what they've got, tourist-wise, pretty well. I was under the impression Moose Jaw was doing somewhat better than it was a couple of decades ago.
Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 75 Location: Between the Gutter and the Stars
Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 2:52 am Post subject:
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Well, I can't say I've ever noticed any of the above in my visits to Moose Jaw. I do like a soak at the spa pool and lunch at Nit's once in a while, though.
good places, but watch for the speed trap at the top of the North Hill. I have lived on three continents and the cops in Moose Jaw are the worst I have seen anywhere and I strongly suspect their primary role is revenue generation for the city. I am a clean-cut whiteboy who usually drove a plain four door sedan and was constantly hassled, even sometimes followed for several blocks while on foot. The most illegal thing I have ever done is smoke marijuana. I am literally a boy scout, and the fines I received offset the low rents and drove me off after I completed my studies in MJ.
Town N Country mall is an interesting cultural experience reminiscent of France post WWI - almost entirely devoid of anyone but the very young and the very old. It was at the T&C where I often heard patrons and staff of one restaurant hassling Hutterites who were quietly going about their business.
The bottom of the Moose Jaw valley in a Saskatchewan summer does not get a breath of wind and is hotter than hell - and I can recall stories of deaths from bar fights even in the lounges of corporate chain restaurants, so forget sipping a quiet pint.
The federal government gives immigrants who agree to move to Moose Jaw maximum points for picking that location, Moose Jaw is the smallest city in Canada with an "open door society" yet its one of the least diverse places I have ever seen. The immigrants stay their the minimum amount of time possible, and I have no problem figuring out why. _________________ All I know is that if God loves me only half as much as my mother does, he will not send me to Hell. That is a final fact of my inner consciousness, and for no religion could I deny its truth." Lin Yutang
I have lived on three continents and the cops in Moose Jaw are the worst I have seen anywhere and I strongly suspect their primary role is revenue generation for the city.
I lost my license in Moose Jaw when I was 19 (that's be 1983, back when drinking and driving was socially acceptable). They gave me all my paperwork, called a friend to come and get us, and dropped us off at the bar to wait for our ride.
I have lived on three continents and the cops in Moose Jaw are the worst I have seen anywhere and I strongly suspect their primary role is revenue generation for the city.
I lost my license in Moose Jaw when I was 19 (that's be 1983, back when drinking and driving was socially acceptable). They gave me all my paperwork, called a friend to come and get us, and dropped us off at the bar to wait for our ride.
Best thread for this funny I suspect:
Saskatchewan Cop
Two men were driving through Saskatchewan when they got pulled over by an RCMP officer.
The cop walked up and tapped on the window with his nightstick. The driver rolled down the window, and WHACK, the cop smacked him in the head with his nightstick.
"What the hell was that for?" the driver asked.
"You're in Saskatchewan son,"the cop answered. "When we pull you over in Saskatchewan, you better have your license ready by the time we get to your car."
"I'm sorry officer," the driver said, "I'm not from around here."
The cop runs a check on the guy's license--he's clean, and gives the guy his license back.
The cop then walks around to the passenger side and taps on the window. The passenger rolls down the window, and WHACK, the cop smacks him on the head with the nightstick.
"What'd you do that for?" the passenger demands.
"Just making your wish come true," replied the cop.
"Making WHAT wish come true?" the passenger asked.
"Because I know your type," the cop says, "two miles down the road, you're gonna turn to your buddy and say, 'I wish that asshole would've tried that shit with me!'" _________________ “If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a tractor.”
Moose Jaw residents back new multiplex _________________ This is pre-eminently the time, to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself-Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Moose Jaw hotel closer to demolition _________________ This is pre-eminently the time, to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself-Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Morgan has been under fire this week over the case of Colin Thatcher, the former Conservative cabinet minister who spent 22 years in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder in the death of his ex-wife, Jo-Ann Wilson.
Thatcher, 70, has written a book proclaiming his innocence, which is due to be published this fall.
The opposition NDP has been urging the government to push through a law that would prevent Thatcher from keeping the proceeds from that book.
_________________ This is pre-eminently the time, to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself-Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 3:35 pm Post subject:
Maginot Line installations are easily defeated, again. Lots of angry citizens out there.
Bomber blows up speed camera
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:41 pm Post subject:
Huh?
Well, I suppose if people can say that Saskatoon is "The Paris of the Prairies" with a straight face, a post about an Alsatian speed trap in a thread about Moose Jaw makes sense.
I like Moose Jaw, where they actually make an effort to retain their old buildings and historic atmosphere, although I doubt if I'd want to live there.
When the kids were still in the swim club, the highlight of the year was hanging around the outdoor Natatorium for a weekend in late June (although we'd miss the St. Jean Baptiste celebrations back in "The Paris of the Prairies"). We've had lots of fun at minor hockey tournaments there, too. _________________ "The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi
"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl
Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Posts: 4004 Location: Central USA, Earth
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:16 pm Post subject:
al-Qa'bong wrote:
Huh?Well, I suppose if people can say that Saskatoon is "The Paris of the Prairies" with a straight face, a post about an Alsatian speed trap in a thread about Moose Jaw makes sense....
Picked what 'best matched' a complex Search. Didn't find the thread on pipeline bombings real quick nor the one with a string of CCTV traffic tickets. Besides, it nice to return to see AQB cared d-8
I swear there is a "Paris" in every country if not district on the globe. Kunming was described as "the Paris of China". It boasted one or two broad boulevards - other than that, I don't know. _________________ “If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a tractor.”
Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 6032 Location: A monistic vulgarity in which nobility and wisdom have been exchanged for a pale belief in progress
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 3:12 am Post subject:
That's probably true, although I had a whiff of diesel fumes on the bike ride home this aft that reminded me of Nantes.
So would Regina, with its "Harbour Landing" district, be comparable to Marseille? _________________ "The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi
"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl
I call it "Emergency Landing" - proximity to the runway at Regina International Airport.
What with our city planning office having foresight, organization and taste matched most comparably with the three stooges, I wouldn't want to compare us to anywhere just now.
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I like Moose Jaw, where they actually make an effort to retain their old buildings and historic atmosphere, although I doubt if I'd want to live there.
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well, i would argue that moosejaw's retention of a fine stock of old architecture had very little to do with a longstanding civic committment and more to do with a long period of no growth/investment. saskatoon and regina grew through the 50's - 70's, a period where growth meant newer, taller and "glassyer". moosejaw had a stagnant economy during the period and there was no pressure to replace old buildings with new. then the mid-eighties came along and people started to figure out that old was good and low and behold, moosejaw still had their old. and they do have a wonderful stock of old buildings and they have capitalised on that since the mid-80's and good on them for doing it.
Regina never really figured out that old was worthwhile in any sense. The 1980s saw us tear down the old city hall and many other heritage buildings for a mall and a beautiful old theatre for an ugly insurance building. We continue to fight for preservation of landmark buildings and quite consistently lose.
Our civic authorities are intent on bringing us up to the cutting edge of city planning - for 1982.
The more I travel the more disgusted I get with our civic government. Nothing like seeing other cities that work (or, in some cases, don't) to change your perspective.
But hey, we've got a "Green Mile" down Albert Street. You know, 'cuz of the 'Riders. Never mind that it actually means the walk to the gallows...
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Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 7:56 pm Post subject:
Say, what about Montmartre? They have an Eiffel Tour and everything.
Speaking of Montmartre, during the Remembrance Day commemoration at a recent Leafs game, PA whiz Andy Frost announced one of their guests, who comes from Montmartre, as living in "Moe Mar Tré." _________________ "The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi
"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl
Say, what about Montmartre? They have an Eiffel Tour and everything.
Speaking of Montmartre, during the Remembrance Day commemoration at a recent Leafs game, PA whiz Andy Frost announced one of their guests, who comes from Montmartre, as living in "Moe Mar Tré."
I spent time shooting in Bienfait - pronounced bean-fate by everyone who lives there. I interviewed the last surviving miner who marched in the I'll-fated protest that led to the Estevan Massacre.
Lots of Ukrainians and Estonians settled there because of the mining.
Some days I hate my city, too - although not today, there's fun stuff going on in the neighborhood. But there are good business reasons to be here that allow me to do the work I like and I've got a great house and a social circle I'm very fond of, so I'm not that inclined to actually move. Sometimes relocating is even worse than living somewhere unsatisfactory.
On the other hand, the older I get the more the winters suck.
Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 6032 Location: A monistic vulgarity in which nobility and wisdom have been exchanged for a pale belief in progress
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 4:05 am Post subject: Re: Guide to Moose Jaw
abnormal wrote:
Deep Dish wrote:
I hate this city.
And you live there because?
That post is five years old. Even if Deep Dish's comments weren't those of a visitor, chances are he doesn't live there now even if he had when he posted.
I'll take Moose Jaw over PA any day.
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On the other hand, the older I get the more the winters suck.
I spent this afternoon standing out in my backyard with a hose, flooding the rink. I may have frozen my hands and feet. This never happened to me in the past, even while flooding in minus-30 temperatures. I always stayed warm enough. Maybe my circulation is slowing down or something in my old age. _________________ "The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi
"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl
The only people who think Saskatoon is comparable to Paris have never actually been to Paris.
Or Winnipeg, for that matter.
The "bridge city" moniker is seems a bit funny for a place that only has six of them, counting train bridges, and is getting ready to destroy its most historic one (which, as has been pointed out, is longer than the Eiffel Tower is high.
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Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 5:19 am Post subject:
Yeah, I love driving on the "Traffic Bridge." My theory is that police radar won't work with all those metal beams about, so I go as fast as I can across the bridge. I've hit 100 km/h on a few occasions.
What the hey, the lanes are wide enough for cars to pass each other, so why not give 'er when you have a free pass? _________________ "The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi
"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl
If you ever make it to Winnipeg there are several like it - the Redwood, the Louise, and best of all, the Arlington Street bridge over what used to be the largest rail yard in the British Empire.
But Saskatoon has one important feature Winnipeg lacks - hills and a proper valley.
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Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 8:12 pm Post subject:
The tunnels are OK, but they seem like Saskatchewan's answer to the Black Hills.
Now the spa, there's a place I like. It's something to be sitting outside in a pool of hot water in the 7 a.m. darkness with snowflakes falling on your face. _________________ "The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi
"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:43 pm Post subject: Re: Guide to Moose Jaw
[quote="al-Qa'bongI'll take Moose Jaw over PA any day.
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absolutely. PA kinda got the shaft; regina got the seat of government, saskatoon got the university and PA got the penitentiary and subsequently Riverbend and Pine Grove, both jails.
further, the prairie settlement boom of the first decade of the 20th century saw the town start the La Colle Falls hydroelectric power dam crash project to poer an industrial base only to abandon it after the boom busted. As i understand it, the debt the city carried because of that broken infrastrustructure project was a drag on city finance for modt of the century.
still, a s a little kid in the '60's we used to go there a lot to visit my aunt and uncle. i remember the beautiful fire hall on the river bank at the end of central avenue and a "natural history" museum beside it that had a lot of taxidermied animals. but most of all i remember the Hudsons Bay Trading post. This was NOT a bay department store but a small building on River street that bought and sold fur, a trading post. the main room sold beaded moccassins, gloves, mitts and coats and the attached warehouse had pelts hanging from the walls and a fur press...i loved that place.
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 3:18 pm Post subject: Re: Guide to Moose Jaw
Chester wrote:
absolutely. PA kinda got the shaft; regina got the seat of government, saskatoon got the university and PA got the penitentiary and subsequently Riverbend and Pine Grove, both jails.
"The Spa" is in the place of a really great building, Temple Gardens. I loved that place. MJ shoulda kept it around.
Not as special as The Orpheum, of course, but MJ is not on compare to Van.
Does no one go to Waterous anymore?
yes people still go to watrous. it was shut down for a few months by the health region because of some plmbing/filtration issues but it's up and running. i was only there once about 20 years ago...i got the distinct impression that it was popular with seniors.
I haven't been to Watrous in a while - we used to stop sometimes on our way home from the blond guy's auntie's cottage north of PA. I don't care for the lake because I'm not a fan of cold water, but the pool is okay. Was in not great repair last time I was there and full of old people. Also has a sort of sulpher smell. I like the Moose Jaw spa better. And as Al Q has mentioned it's a very nice experience in the winter.
Danceland is extra-cool, though. Might be the last real dance hall in the province.
I haven't been to Watrous in a while - we used to stop sometimes on our way home from the blond guy's auntie's cottage north of PA. I don't care for the lake because I'm not a fan of cold water, but the pool is okay. Was in not great repair last time I was there and full of old people. Also has a sort of sulpher smell. I like the Moose Jaw spa better. And as Al Q has mentioned it's a very nice experience in the winter.
Danceland is extra-cool, though. Might be the last real dance hall in the province.
the one time i went to the pool it was winter so dry skin anyway and the very high mineral and salt content...unpleasant
back to Moose Jaw. It really is a pretty little city. it has a small river in a distinct valley (sorry Regina) and lots of relief so the topography varies and adds to the town. and the buildings: the land titles office, the library, the natatorium, the old cp station, and a bunch of first decade warehouses, offices, commercial buildings and houses. along with the big central park and the riverbank parks all in all its a very physically attractive prairie city. it's close to regina and the airport and lake diefenbaker...i could live there!
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Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 2:28 am Post subject: Re: Guide to Moose Jaw
Chester wrote:
absolutely. PA kinda got the shaft; regina got the seat of government, saskatoon got the university and PA got the penitentiary and subsequently Riverbend and Pine Grove, both jails.
We just got back from PA a couple of hours ago - hockey tournament. Last night we missed a turn on the main drag while looking for a Panago's Pizza, and did a tour around one of those prisons. _________________ "The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi
"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl
Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 6032 Location: A monistic vulgarity in which nobility and wisdom have been exchanged for a pale belief in progress
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 6:12 pm Post subject:
The boys played a team from the Ahtahkakoop First Nation.
No wonder their players looked so glum after the game.
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A third suspect has been arrested and charged with two counts of second-degree murder in relation to a fire on the Ahtahkakoop First Nation.
Carl Anthony Albert,21, was taken into custody without incident Friday night, RCMP said.
The murder charges relate to the deaths of William Ahenakew and Trez Sparvier-Scott, who were found in a house that burned down early Monday morning in a suspicious fire. A four-year-old girl was rescued from the fire.
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:05 pm Post subject:
Ahtahkakoop's in the news again, and again the news isn't good.
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Agony was etched on the face of hockey pioneer Fred Sasakamoose this week as he talked about being raped at an Indian residential school almost seven decades ago.
Sasakamoose, 78, was in Prince Albert, Sask., Thursday to talk about his residential school experience in front of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Born on the Cree Ahtahkakoop Indian Reserve in northern Saskatchewan, he was sent to Duck Lake residential school when he was six.
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:12 pm Post subject:
Ahtahkakoop First Nation must be cursed.
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Saskatoon police have released the name of a man whose body was found inside a garbage bin on the city's west side Sunday morning.
The body of Mervin Clarence McAdam, 22, of Saskatoon, was discovered after a fire in the bin was put out in the east alley of the 200 block of Ave. S South.
...People in the Ahtahkakoop First Nation are remembering Mervin Clarence McAdam.
McAdam's maternal aunt, Wanda Starblanket, says her nephew was trying to make a better life for his common-law wife and baby son.
"He was an outgoing person, you know what I mean?" Starblanket said. "He was friendly with everybody."
McAdam had moved to Saskatoon to take classes at SIAST.
McAdam was only 22 years old Sounds like foul play may be involved. Tragic for his family and community. _________________ “If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a tractor.”
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Sounds like foul play may be involved. Tragic for his family and community.
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