Leading up to this year's municipal election, we'll be featuring interviews from the fifteen Moose Javians running for city council. Jody Chell is one of those candidates. Nicholas Styck is one of those candidates. 

Each candidate was asked the same list of questions. Here are Styck's answers. 

Q: Can you introduce yourself to our readers? 

A: I moved here about three years ago from Saskatoon. I work as the manager of Booster Juice. I watched a lot of the City Council meetings online and just from seeing stuff happening in the city, I just decided that I wanted to make a difference in the city. I figured this would be one of the best ways. I also noticed that there's not a lot of young people that are involved in the city and I wanted to see if I could push that change. Younger people do have voices too so they should have a voice [on City Council].

Q: What do you think is the most significant accomplishment of the current city council?  

A: I definitely have to bring up what they did with Mac the Moose and the big moose war. I think that really got everybody looking at us and seeing us again. It really put us on the map all over the world.

Q: What could be improved?  

A: I don't find that they have been utilizing the citizens as much as they could. We should be bringing the voice of every citizen into our decisions, not just a few.

Q: What experience or knowledge do you bring to the table?  

A: I don't have a bunch of degrees or a ton of volunteer experience under my belt, but I do have a lot of experience with business. I took a year of business school back in Saskatoon. I'm always up for learning new things. I've always been good with people and I love dealing with customers and trying to find what's best for everybody. I think that just having that will be good for being around people.

Q: What do you think are some of the biggest issues this election?

A: Right now, the absolute largest thing is that River Point Project. The roads have been on everyone's mind right now too.

Q: How do you envision the city coming out of the pandemic? 

A: I think right now what we've been doing, you know, just staying together and being tight-knit is what is going to get us through everything. We're all supportive of each other and shopping locally. It's worked. We've had no major incidents and that's been nice to see. I think if we keep on that track, we'll be able to come out of this strong.

Q: What is your overall vision for the city of Moose Jaw?  

A: I want to see the city continue to grow. I'd love to see more input from citizens and young people. I'd love to see everybody out and getting their voices heard. Let's keep bringing in all of our pride that we have here.

Election day is on Nov. 9. 

*(Some answers have been edited for clarity and length.)*