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Blog: Olympics bosses could learn from us

93-year-old Alto Anderson held the torch proudly as she walked down First Avenue Northeast for the Saskatchewan Winter Games torch relay.

Moose Jaw is still a city bursting with pride after successfully hosting the Saskatchewan Winter Games.

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Seen snow? Not like this you haven’t!

Rebecca Lawrence in, let's be blunt, a lot of snow

I thought I had seen snow before but I have never seen anything like this, writes Shropshire ex-pat Rebecca Dutton from her new home in Canada.

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When the Olympic flame came to town

Olympic torch in Moose Jaw, Canada

Rebecca Lawrence watches the excitement and celebrations as the Olympic Torch arrives in her new home town of Moose Jaw, Canada.

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Snow? We’re used to it

Snow is a rather non-event here in Canada, writes Shropshire expat Rebecca Lawrence. The snow fell a few weeks ago and now it is here to stay.

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It’s a whole new language…

I almost couldn’t make my traditional Christmas cake this year, writes Rebecca Lawrence from her new home in Canada.

Remembrance and Halloween — Canadian-style

Remembrance Day in Saskatchewan is a public holiday.

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We’re very welcome to Moose Jaw

My husband and I feel well and truly welcomed to Moose Jaw thanks to a fantastic idea called the Welcome Wagon.

It’s snowing in Moose Jaw!

It’s snowing in Moose Jaw. It has been slowly falling since Thursday – I think it is more snow than I’ve ever seen in England and yet I still have to go to work, writes ex-Shropshire Star reporter Rebecca Lawrence.

A tale of two rivers

The name Moose Jaw comes from the Cree name moscâstani-sîpiy, meaning “a warm place by the river”, writes Rebecca Lawrence.

Getting about in Canada

As I write this blog, it’s beautifully hot outside, about 30 degrees. We’ve also been on a rather longer than expected drive to southern Saskatchewan’s largest lake, and we set off to find it on Saturday evening, driving down very straight roads through flat countryside without a house in sight.

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