Profile of Lesley Sheppard

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Lesley Sheppard is the Editor at the Moose Jaw Times-Herald.

All articles of Lesley Sheppard

• Quotes from Theoren Fleury's interview with the...
  • On why he wrote the book now: “I was ready. I wanted to get sobriety down first, then I approached Kirstie (McLellan Day).” ...
• Fleury open to return to Moose Jaw
  Theoren Fleury knows more about demons than priests who perform exorcisms. He has lived with demons most of his life. But, to ...
• Confusing the numbers
  Trot out a bunch of numbers, especially big numbers, and people seem to get confused. And in their confusion they often state what they believe ...
• Save the building
  The Moose Jaw Downtown Business Improvement District is taking on a major fundraising effort to help save one of the city's heritage buildings. ...
• Tax cuts good for economy
  Moose Jaw - On Friday, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty hinted tax cuts are on the way for Canadians as part of a stimulus package for the ...
• Local growth
  Moose Jaw - Moose Jaw's population grew by one special little boy Thursday. Eathen Godin was born just after noon on New Year's Day, weighing ...
• Stress line critical
  Moose Jaw - The number of calls to the provincial farm stress line is consistent with the average received over the past five years, more than ...
• At least two votes in 2009
  Moose Jaw - It's a new year and one of the benefits of a new year is the chance to look forward to the unknown - the idea that exciting things ...
• Holiday greetings to the givers, receivers, others
  Moose Jaw - It has finally arrived, no matter how much some of us tried to stall the inevitable and others did their best to rush into it, ...
• Where have all the volunteers gone?
  Moose Jaw - In not-so-distant past years, the list of potential members for city committees and boards was lengthy and varied. Being ...
• Is Harper going back on elected Senate promise?
  Moose Jaw - For years, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has told Canadians he wants to change the Senate so senators are elected, not appointed. ...
• Every donation helps fund
  Moose Jaw - The Times-Herald/Salvation Army Christmas Stocking Fund is about half way to its goal of $20,000, thanks to the generosity of Moose ...
• Easier to find jobs
  Sometimes it takes major economic problems to get things done in this country. On Friday, it was announced the federal, provincial and ...
• Change is good for Liberals
  Canadians could be back at the polls early in the new year, but at least we will be looking at a slightly different landscape. While it's ...
• Farmers have learned to adapt
  Moose Jaw - Statistics Canada continues to provide details that wide-awake Canadians already know. The latest revelation tells those in doubt ...
• Vigil promotes caring, hope
  On Dec. 6, 1989, many argue Canada truly lost its innocence. That day a man opened fire in a Montreal school, killing 14 women before killing ...
• Measuring tape of a recession
  There is some debate out there as to whether this country - and more specifically, this province - is in a recession. This is the season by which ...
• FNUniv must act
  The First Nations University of Canada saw a move against it on the weekend when a group representing Canada's 65,000 university teachers called ...
• Timing wrong for coalition
  Moose Jaw - Canadians were buzzing this weekend with talk of a possible coalition government. Should the Liberals, New Democrats and Bloc ...
• Kudos to SaskTel, government
  Rural Saskatchewan is finally going to be on the fast track - the Internet fast track, that is. The process was started by the former NDP ...
• Extra day off sounds good
  Moose Jaw - There are many lessons neighbours can learn from one another. One great example is taking place right now. Canada could stand to ...
• That ugly r word is back
  Moose Jaw - The word recession seems to find its way into many news stories these days. Doesn't it just figure - Saskatchewan has finally reached ...
• What changes
  The question is there and it's rather concise: "That the City of Moose Jaw re-affirm its financial commitment of $34,530.560 toward the ...
• The best of three choices
  Moose Jaw - While there is much to be said for simplicity, it isn't always the best answer. The executive committee of city council had the task ...
• Starting on equal footing
  Moose Jaw - Activities tonight at the Kinsmen Sportsplex are aimed at celebrating the child, a natural setting for such activities given that ...
• Wisdom in spending
  What would you do if you won $2.3 billion - yes, billion - on a lottery? Probably the first thing most people would do is pay off their debts. ...
• Remember why soldiers died
  Moose Jaw - Tuesday, as people gather across the country to stand in silence and remember those who gave their lives in the name of freedom, we ...