Superstitious people often get worked up about Friday the 13th, as it's considered "unlucky" by many.  In fact, superstitions of some Moose Javians were brought up at an Executive Committee meeting at city hall this week. 

At the meeting the Planning and Development Services branch of Moose Jaw city hall put forward a new fee structure for their services. 

Included in the change was adding a $25 charge for "Civic Address Changes".  Previously, if you were unsatisfied with your house number, you could request a new address and, even if it was approved, there would be no charge. 

Manager of Development and Planning, Michelle Sanson, says they have accommodated address changes for residents in the past, including those who felt their assigned house number was unlucky. 

"We do end up having requests from citizens wanting to change their address," said Sanson.  "There could be any number of reasons that they want it changed."

Sanson says they try accommodate the requests, but certain conditions have to be met. 

"We can't go from 100 to 1400 or something that wouldn't make sense.  It's got to make sense in terms of driving down the street and being able to find that address, the west side of the street would still be even and the east side odd, so we'd still have to stick to that type of numbering system."

Sanson explained that house numbers jump by 4 (42, 46, 50, etc.) to allow for address changes, or if somebody wanted to "subdivide in the future and add an extra lot or secondary suite" that would require a separate house address.