Assiniboia Times

The Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission (Sask Wheat) has formally installed its new board of directors. The new board was introduced at the Sask Wheat annual general meeting on Jan. 9. The first meeting of the new board took place Jan.

The RBC Staff made a ‘Casual Friday’ donation to the Salvation Army on December 13, 2017.

The Montreal Canadiens Alumni Team will be in Gravelbourg on Saturday, January 20.

Saskatchewan offers 651,900 square kilometres of adventure and, in 2017, Saskatchewanderer Andrew Hiltz drove, hiked, climbed and paddled his way across much of the province, taking nearly 75,000 devoted “followanderers” along for the journey of a li

Contributions to this story by Wes Bloom and Devan C. Tasa, from the Parkland Review newspaper More than 100 bravehearted souls attended the Chris Henderson concert in Assiniboia, held at the Prince of Wales Centre on January 10.

Over 90 entries for the 2017 Colouring Contest are displayed at the Assiniboia Times office. The Colouring Contest was sponsored by Young’s Equipment. Doug Graham of Young’s Equipment, bottom left, picked out the top three winners.

Submitted by S.Falconer, Southline Glentworth Curling Club held a funspiel on Dec. 30 to celebrate Provincial Curling Day in Saskatchewan along with the 10 year anniversary in the new rink.

Saskatchewan’s small business owners look forward to the New Year knowing they will have the highest income threshold in Canada. Also individual taxpayers will see the benefits of a full year of the lower Personal Income Tax rates.

More people will continue to call Saskatchewan home. According to the latest figures released recently by Statistics Canada, as of October 1, 2017 the province’s population has grown to 1,168,057 or by 14,447 since October 1, 2016.

Most of us, from time to time, need to get away from it all to renew our spirit and find the inner peace we require.