Okay, if you know me, you probably have figured out I am not very good at blowing our own horn; you might only get a pat on the back at the best-of-times when you do something special. I’ve been that way for years!
Personally, I prefer the rants to keep people accountable, but when something is good, it's well, good.
First, I need to comment on our loyal staff. We, like most businesses, are facing different times. It's not easy for anyone at this time, I’m sure; however, together more than ever, we will get through all this.
Kudo’s to our staff, from the top down, in making concessions to keep on the job.
It's a testament to our staff. I've said it numerous times, we have the best group we have had in years, to bring you the news accurately through our media outlets MooseJawToday.com and Moose Jaw Express newspaper. Our team is still on fire.
Of mention is a great article ‘Saskatchewan could be on verge of COVID miracle’ written by one of our veteran reporters, Randy Palmer stating more were cured of COVID-19 than infected in Saskatchewan.
Seriously, we owe a lot to the premier of this province for taking a quick and bold stand and making cities and municipalities understand that in this time, their guidelines rule...period. We are not a bone on our own; thank God for that.
But as a community, we might owe a little gratitude of thanks to Randy Palmer, who is bringing a positive spotlight to the city with people from all over the country looking at Moose Jaw and Saskatchewan for the solid health and lifestyle advantage offered here.
Randy's story went viral, picked up by Vancouver is Awesome and Prince George Today and other publications, still escalating the readership, over 213,000 unique visitors so far this month at MooseJawToday.com; page views are well over 1/2 a million and his story has been shared over 50,000 times as of this writing.
I have always been proud of the honest news our staff are reporting, but this just tells me, we are and have always been on the right track, bringing trusted news to our readers.
To our staff, thank you! Day in and day out, from our cleaners to our circulation staff, from our carriers to our reporters and to the sales staff, designers, editors and accounting, all I can say is Stay Safe, Stay Strong, the community needs you now more than ever! From me personally, thank you, we are proud of you all, you make us look good every day.
To our advertisers...if you are not on our site, you are missing potentially 100's of thousands of customers.
Are some council persons coming to their senses?
And finally, I do need to also tip my hat to councillors Luhning, Eby, Swanson and McMann, for making a solid business decision on the Canadian Tire non-refundable deposit. Sincerely, thank you. Simply put, either you want to be here or you don't: no begging; no deals; as citizens, we're all in this together.
Stay well and thank a trucker, a care worker, and all essential business as you support local business as much as possible at this time. Let’s keep the Moose moving; together we all win.
