44-590: National championship for wheelchair curling in Canada Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship Established 2004 2024 host city Moose Jaw , Saskatchewan 2024 arena Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre 2024 champion [REDACTED] Saskatchewan 1 Current edition [REDACTED] 2024 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship The Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship
88-833: A change of -0.7% from its 2016 population of 33,910 . With a land area of 65.81 km (25.41 sq mi), it had a population density of 511.5/km (1,324.9/sq mi) in 2021. Moose Jaw is a city of 33,000 at the intersection of the Trans Canada Highway and Highway 2 . A Snowbird aerobatic jet and Mac the Moose are large roadside attractions on the No. 1 highway at the tourist info center. Moose Jaw Trolley Company (1912) offers trolley tours of Moose Jaw. Temple Garden's Mineral Spa, Tunnels of Moose Jaw, and History of Transportation Western Development Museum . are major sites of interest. The juncture of Moose Jaw and Thunder Creek produced
132-600: A good location for settlement. Traditional native fur traders and Métis buffalo hunters created the first permanent settlement at a place called "the turn," at present-day Kingsway Park, also known as the Kai Gauthier Park. The confluence of the Moose Jaw River and Thunder Creek was chosen and registered in 1881 as a site for a division point for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), whose construction
176-626: A good site for training pilots. The Royal Canadian Air Force under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan established RCAF Station Moose Jaw in 1940. After the war, the RCAF remained in the community and used the facility for training pilots through the Cold War . The facility changed its name to CFB Moose Jaw in 1968 and is now Canada's primary military flight training centre and the home of 431 (Air Demonstration) Squadron (aka
220-548: A heritage gallery, which curates and hosts exhibits on local history, including an upcoming "Pandemic Time Capsule" exhibit scheduled for Spring 2021. The Museum & Art Gallery also hosts classes and events. In 1978, Anita Bryant visited Moose Jaw as part of the anti-gay Save Our Children campaign. In response, approximately 85 members of the gay and lesbian community marched down Main St. to Crescent Park, where an estimated 150 people gathered to speak out against Bryant. In 2008,
264-500: A labour-intensive industry many found themselves in due to prejudice barring them from entering other industries. In 1890, the first Chinese business opened in Moose Jaw, was a Chinese laundry. in 1908, nine laundries can be found in the City directory, with eight businesses notably Chinese-run. The tunnels became a hub of renewed activity in the 1920s for rum-running during Prohibition in
308-608: A ranch in Pekisko, Alberta , visited in 1919, 1924, and 1927. Prince Albert , future king and father of Queen Elizabeth II , paid a visit in 1926. King George VI and his wife Queen Elizabeth (later known as Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother) visited during the Royal tour in 1939. Queen Elizabeth II first visited in 1959 and returned on multiple separate occasions. During his time as Earl of Wessex , Prince Edward became Colonel-in-Chief of
352-740: A safe and attractive tourism destination for 2SLGBTQ people. 2SLGBTQ tourist attractions include a rainbow-coloured bench on Main Street, in front of the Rainbow Retro Thrift Shop, and a mural on the back of the Rainbow Retro building that depicts events and symbols from local 2SLGBTQ history, including representations of the Anita Bryant march, the Indigenous two-spirit presence in Saskatchewan,
396-570: A typical village replete with pioneer artifacts and tractors, cars and trucks restored by the Moose Jaw car club, and is run by volunteers. The Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery is located in Crescent Park at the centre of the downtown area, in the same facility as the Moose Jaw Public Library. The art gallery hosts community exhibits, travelling exhibits, and rotating exhibits from the gallery's permanent collection. The museum also has
440-501: A year-round water supply. Marked on a map as Moose Jaw Bone Creek in an 1857 survey by surveyor John Palliser , two theories exist regarding how the city was named. The first is it comes from the Plains Cree name moscâstani-sîpiy meaning "a warm place by the river", indicative of the protection from the weather the Coteau range provides to the river valley containing the city and also
484-568: Is Moose Jaw No. 161 , which serves 1,228 residents (2006 census) and includes the Moose Jaw Canadian Forces Base. Meat-processing plants, salt, potash, urea fertilizer, anhydrous ammonia and ethanol producers abound in this area with easy transport access to the Trans–Canada Highway. In 1917, a group of local residents banded together to purchase enough automobile parts to build 25 cars. These were to be manufactured under
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#1732945784754528-454: Is January, with a mean temperature of −12 °C (10 °F), while the warmest is July, with a mean temperature of 19.3 °C (66.7 °F). The driest month is February, in which an average of 11.1 mm (0.44 in) of precipitation falls, while the wettest month is July, which brings an average of 63.0 mm (2.48 in). Annual average precipitation is 365.3 mm (14.38 in). The highest temperature recorded in Moose Jaw
572-487: Is an LGBT community organization incorporated as a non-profit in 2014. Moose Jaw Pride was a founding member of the Saskatchewan Pride Network, started in 2016, which serves to connect and support 2SLGBTQ people in small communities across Saskatchewan, many of which do not have an established local pride organization. Since 2019, Moose Jaw Pride has been working with local partners to promote Moose Jaw as
616-483: Is construed by many visitors to be historically accurate, there is no evidence to suggest that Chinese Canadians lived in the tunnels of the tours outside of minimal anecdotal testimonies. Historically accurate information such as the Chinese Exclusion Act , Chinese Head Tax and the case of Quong Wing v R which occurred at the site of 1 Main street across the location of the tunnels are mentioned throughout
660-439: Is located in downtown. It features a creek, picnic tables, a library, an art museum, a playground, an outdoor swimming pool, water park , a tennis court, lawn bowling field and an amphitheatre . Casino Moose Jaw and Temple Gardens Mineral Spa are across Fairford St. E. and 1st Ave. NE. from Crescent Park. "Wakamow Valley" follows the Moose Jaw River and features both natural and maintained areas. There are many trails throughout
704-643: Is the fourth largest city in Saskatchewan , Canada. Lying on the Moose Jaw River in the south-central part of the province, it is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway , 77 km (48 mi) west of Regina . Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javians. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw No. 161 . Moose Jaw is an industrial centre and a critical railway junction for
748-3228: Is the national championship for wheelchair curling in Canada . The event has been held since 2004. Winners [ edit ] Year Team Host 2004 [1] [REDACTED] Team Canada Chris Daw , Bruce McAninch , Jim Primavera , Karen Blachford London , Ontario 2005 [2] [REDACTED] Team Canada Chris Daw , Bruce McAninch , Jim Primavera , Karen Blachford , Gerry Austgarden (alternate) Richmond , British Columbia 2006 [3] [REDACTED] Team Canada Chris Daw , Gerry Austgarden , Gary Cormack , Sonja Gaudet , Karen Blachford (alternate) Richmond , British Columbia 2007 [4] [REDACTED] British Columbia Darryl Neighbour , Frank LaBounty , Whitney Warren , Jacqueline Roy , Jim Shannon (alternate) Ottawa , Ontario 2008 [REDACTED] British Columbia Jim Armstrong , Frank LaBounty , Whitney Warren , Jacqueline Roy , Vincent Miele (alternate) Winnipeg , Manitoba 2009 [5] [REDACTED] British Columbia Jim Armstrong , Frank LaBounty , Whitney Warren , Jacqueline Roy , Darryl Neighbour (alternate) Lower Sackville , Nova Scotia 2010 [6] [REDACTED] Host Team Gary Cormack , Rich Green , Vince Miele , Corinne Jensen , Samantha Siu (alternate) Kelowna , British Columbia 2011 [REDACTED] Manitoba Chris Sobkowicz , Dennis Thiessen , Melissa Lecuyer , George Horning , Don Kalinsky (alternate) Edmonton , Alberta 2012 [REDACTED] Saskatchewan Darwin Bender , Gil Dash , Marie Wright , Larry Schrader , Lorraine Arguin (coach), Bob Capp (coach) Thunder Bay , Ontario 2013 [REDACTED] Quebec Benoît Lessard , Carl Marquis , Sébastien Boisvert , Johanne Daly , Germain Tremblay (coach) Ottawa , Ontario 2014 [REDACTED] Manitoba Dennis Thiessen , Mark Wherrett , Jamie Anseeuw , Melissa Lecuyer , Tom Wherrett (coach) Boucherville , Quebec 2015 [REDACTED] British Columbia Gerry Austgarden , Darryl Neighbour , Frank LaBounty , Alison Duddy , Brad Burton (coach) Boucherville , Quebec 2016 [REDACTED] Saskatchewan Darwin Bender , Marie Wright , Gil Dash , Larry Schrader Regina , Saskatchewan 2017 [REDACTED] Manitoba Dennis Thiessen , Mark Wherrett , Jamie Anseeuw , Carolyn Lindner Boucherville , Quebec 2018 [REDACTED] Saskatchewan Marie Wright , Gil Dash , Darwin Bender , Larry Schrader Leduc , Alberta 2019 [REDACTED] Alberta Jack Smart , Martin Purvis , Bruno Yizek , Anne Hibberd , Wendy Frazier (alternate), Bridget Wilson (coach) Boucherville , Quebec 2020 Cancelled due to
792-627: The National Post noted that the late monarch had "visited Moose Jaw more often than she did Manhattan. The former was part of her realms; the latter not. She was the Queen of Canada and chose to exercise that duty and serve her people over the perquisites of her position." Moose Jaw's climate is transitional between semiarid and humid continental ( Köppen BSk and Dfb , respectively). Moose Jaw's winters are long, cold and dry, while its summers are short but very warm and relatively wet. The coldest month
836-570: The Plains Cree word moscâs , meaning warm breezes. The other is that the section of the Moose Jaw River that runs through the city is shaped like a moose 's jaw. There is also an untrue story of the name being inspired by the Earl of Dunmore , for whom Dunmore, Alberta is named, repairing his cart with the jawbone of a moose during his travels there. The city was the site of the 1954 mid-air collision of Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 9 . The area surrounding Moose Jaw has many cloudless days, making it
880-617: The Saskatchewan Dragoons of Moose Jaw on visiting Saskatchewan in 2003 when he congratulated the regiment on its "contribution to Canada's proud tradition of citizen-soldiers in the community." Involved in peacekeeping operations in Cyprus, the Golan Heights, Bosnia and Croatia, the regiment has also provided aid during floods and forest fires in the prairies. The Prince returned to visit his regiment in 2006. Prince Edward also inaugurated
924-530: The "Snowbirds"). CFB Moose Jaw's primary lodger unit is "15 Wing". In the Royal Canadian Air Force , the lodger unit is often called 15 Wing Moose Jaw. The base usually holds an Armed Forces Day each year. The Saskatchewan Dragoons is a reserve armoured regiment with an armoury in the city's north end. Many members of the Royal Family have visited Moose Jaw. Edward, Prince of Wales , who owned
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#1732945784754968-548: The 21st century, the city capitalized on this notoriety to restore the tunnel network into the Tunnels of Moose Jaw, a tourist attraction that opened in June 2000. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police , however, states that there is no "evidence that he ever set foot on Canadian soil." As in most Canadian cities, hockey has played a large part in Moose Jaw's sporting culture. Baseball has also been essential to Moose Jaw since its early days;
1012-508: The Gay and Lesbian Association of Moose Jaw (GLAMj) requested and was granted the first official proclamation of Pride Week in Moose Jaw and raised the Rainbow Flag over Moose Jaw's City Hall for the first time. The city's first pride parade since 1978 was held in 2015, and similar parades have been held annually in late May or early June, usually from Main Street to Crescent Park. Moose Jaw Pride
1056-638: The Prairie South School Division and the Holy Trinity Catholic Schools. École Ducharme offers preschool to grade 12 and is Moose Jaw's only Francophone school. École fransaskoise de Moose Jaw offers French Immersion from preschool to grade 9. Moose Jaw is also home to a campus of Saskatchewan Polytechnic . Moose Jaw Union Hospital, part of the Five Hills Health Region, was the primary health care provider for
1100-482: The Queen's Jubilee Rose Garden in Moose Jaw on his 2003 visit. Other royal connections to the city include King George School and Prince Arthur Community School, both named for royal family members before they shut down and combined to become Cornerstone Christian School. Additionally, the South Hill school was formerly named King Edward Elementary School. Following the death of Queen Elizabeth in 2022, an opinion piece in
1144-763: The United States . They were reported to have warehoused illegal alcohol that was shipped to the U.S. via the Soo Line Railroad . The tunnels were also used for gambling and prostitution, all without interference from the corrupt police. There has long been anecdotal evidence that American mobster Al Capone visited Moose Jaw or had interests in the bootlegging operations. No written or photographic proof exists of Capone's presence, but several firsthand accounts from Moose Javians who claim to have met him have been documented. Capone's grandniece also confirmed he had been in Moose Jaw before his 1931 conviction for tax evasion. In
1188-495: The area's agricultural produce. CFB Moose Jaw is a NATO flight training school and is home to the Snowbirds , Canada's military aerobatic air show flight demonstration team. Moose Jaw also has a casino and geothermal spa . Cree and Assiniboine people used the Moose Jaw area as a winter encampment. The Missouri Coteau sheltered the valley and gave it warm breezes. The narrow river crossing and abundant water and game made it
1232-472: The best source of water for steam engines, and Moose Jaw became the CPR divisional point. Large-capacity concrete grain terminals are replacing the smaller grain elevators that were numerous along the highway, sentinels of most communities along the route. Improved harvest, transport and road construction technology have made the large inland terminals more economically viable. The rural governing body around Moose Jaw
1276-467: The city and CFB Moose Jaw . It has two stations, North Hill Fire Station (Headquarters) and South Hill Fire Station. It is also contracted out to CFB Moose Jaw to provide structural fire suppression services. Ambulatory (EMS) services are provided by Five Hills Health Region , which operates an EMS station in Moose Jaw; non-emergency services are provided by St. John Ambulance . The Moose Jaw Police Service, with 54 sworn members, provides policing for
1320-583: The city and holds both municipal and provincial jurisdiction in partnership with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police . Moose Jaw Transit provides local bus service to urban areas of the city. This small system operates four routes from a downtown hub on weekdays between 7:15 am and 6:15 pm. [2] The bus fleet was replaced in 2008 by new low-floor accessible vehicles under the federal government's one-time public transit capital funding program. Jacqueline Roy Jacqueline Roy
1364-469: The city since 1948, but closed in 2015 and was replaced by Dr. F.H. Wigmore Regional Hospital in the city's northeast end. The new location was partly picked for its proximity to the Trans-Canada Highway. The Wigmore Hospital uses LEAN methodology to save time and money in healthcare. The Moose Jaw Fire Department (est. 1906) is a 57-member fire and rescue service that provides fire suppression to
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1408-560: The city won the territorial championship in 1895. Most recently, the 2004 Junior All-Star team (age 13/14) won the Canadian Championship and became the first team from Saskatchewan to win a game at the Little League World Series . Notable Moose Jaw teams include: Defunct sports teams Sports events held by Moose Jaw include: Local institutions include five high schools and 15 elementary schools. The schools are in
1452-421: The council's home since the late 1960s Provincially, the city is represented by two MLAs and federally by one MP. These neighbourhoods are divided into four community associations: South Hill, East Side, North West and Sunningdale/VLA/West Park. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Moose Jaw had a population of 33,665 living in 14,719 of its 16,143 total private dwellings,
1496-516: The four-day Saskatchewan Festival of Words showcases top Canadian writers from a wide variety of genres. The free three-day Sidewalk Days Festival draws tens of thousands to Main Street the weekend after Canada Day. The Snowbirds flight demonstration team is based at CFB Moose Jaw , south of Moose Jaw in Bushell Park , where the now defunct airshow was performed every summer. It will be brought back in 2019. Moose Jaw has many parks. Crescent Park
1540-512: The history of transportation and has a Snowbirds gallery. The Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum is south of Moose Jaw on Sk Hwy 2 . The car club at Moose Jaw agreed to the restoration of Tom Sukanen's ship at their museum site. Sukanen was a Finnish homesteader who settled near Birsay and hoped to travel home again on a ship he assembled near the South Saskatchewan River . The Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum features
1584-450: The late '90s and is inside the campground. Old Wives Lake , a saline lake is 30 km southwest of the city on Highway 363 . Buffalo Pound Lake a eutrophic prairie lake is 28 km north on Highway 2 . Buffalo Pound Provincial Park is on the south shore and can be accessed by Highway 202 and Highway 301 . The tunnels present two tour attractions: Passage to Fortune and The Chicago Connection . While Passage to Fortune
1628-408: The name Moose Jaw Standard . Each group member received a car, but no further buyers were found, and production did not continue. The Moose Jaw Art Guild is a community arts association of local artists dedicated to exhibiting, educating and fostering appreciation for visual arts. Moose Jaw is home to one of four Saskatchewan Western Development Museums . The Moose Jaw WDM museum specializes in
1672-628: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic Boucherville , Quebec 2023 [REDACTED] Saskatchewan 1 Gil Dash , Marie Wright , Darwin Bender , Moose Gibson Moose Jaw , Saskatchewan 2024 [REDACTED] Saskatchewan 1 Gil Dash , Marie Wright , Moose Gibson , Sheryl Pederson Moose Jaw , Saskatchewan References [ edit ] ^ "2019-20 Season of Champions Fact Book" (PDF) . Curling Canada . Retrieved March 31, 2024 . ^ "B.C. captures Canadian wheelchair curling title" . Curling Canada. 2015-05-03. Archived from
1716-1443: The original on 2015-05-11. ^ "Teams » 2016 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship" . www.curling.ca . Archived from the original on 15 April 2016 . Retrieved 12 January 2022 . ^ "2020 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship – Just another Curling Canada Website Network site" . ^ "Curling Canada | Championships officially cancelled" . External links [ edit ] Official website v t e Curling Season of Champions Major events Continental Cup Olympic Trials Canadian Juniors Olympics Tournament of Hearts The Brier Canada Cup World Championships Other events Club Canadian Mixed Olympic Mixed Doubles Trials World Juniors World Wheelchair CIS/CCA Canadian Seniors Canadian Masters World Seniors World Mixed Doubles Canadian Wheelchair Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canadian_Wheelchair_Curling_Championship&oldid=1244718499 " Categories : Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championships Curling competitions in Canada Wheelchair curling Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Moose Jaw Moose Jaw
1760-455: The park for hiking and cycling, including picnic tables, barbecues, and four playgrounds. There is also an RV park , Lorne Calvert Campground, formerly known as River Park Campground, which was founded in 1927 and is the longest-running campground in North America. Canoe and kayak rentals are available across the road from the campground. The Moose Jaw Canoe and Kayak Club has been around since
1804-554: The potluck and coffee social events that were central to 2SLGBTQ community development, and several landmark pride flag raisings. Tourist attractions include the Tunnels of Moose Jaw, The Moose Jaw Trolley, the Temple Gardens Mineral Spa Resort , The Western Development Museum , Casino Moose Jaw , Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery, Yvette Moore Art Gallery, the Murals of Moose Jaw, and the historic downtown. Every July,
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1848-452: The tour. However, Passage to Fortune also circulates misinformation about Chinese Canadians in Moose Jaw. Moose Jaw Tour attendees are called " Coolies " at an early stage of the tour. Tour attendees are then guided through the tunnels from the position of Chinese workers indentured to the fictional laundry owner Mr. Burrows who were forced to live underground. In actuality, early Chinese Canadians were often proprietors of their own laundries,
1892-416: Was 43.3 °C (109.9 °F) on 5 July 1937. The coldest temperature ever recorded was −47.8 °C (−54.0 °F) on 4 February 1907. Moose Jaw City Council consists of an elected mayor and six city councillors. From 1881 to 1903 the community was represented by a Town Council and after that by City Council. Moose Jaw City Hall , on the 2nd floor at the old Moose Jaw Post Office (c. 1911), has been
1936-468: Was significant in the Confederation of Canada . The water supply there was significant for steam locomotives. Settlement began there in 1882, and the city was incorporated in 1903. The railways played an important role in the early development of Moose Jaw, with the city having both a Canadian Pacific Railway Station and a Canadian National Railway Station . A dam was built on the river in 1883 to create
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