Assiniboia Times

The Assiniboia Livestock Auction held its regular cull cow and bull auction on October 11 with 116 head sold. Heiferettes sold between $1.00 to $1.20 per lb. D1 and D2 cows sold between $0.80 and $0.90 per lb. D3 cows sold from $0.70 to $0.80 per lb.

The Assiniboia Times held its draw for a pair of Saskatchewan Roughrider game tickets on October 6.

The Assiniboia Composite High School Rockets football team had a lucky day on Friday, October 13. The Rockets defeated the Preeceville Panthers 20-8 in a road game on October 13.

Dr. Dwight Vallee at Community Chiropractic in Assiniboia has joined his fellow chiropractic colleagues to take part in the Toasty Toes Sock Drive that runs now until November 24. Socks can be dropped off at Dr.

Stark & Marsh, a CPA firm based in Swift Current, held the grand opening of its Assiniboia office at the upper curling lounge in the Prince of Wales Centre on October 5.

The Southern Junior B Rebels won their home opener in dramatic fashion on October 14 downing the Carrot River Outback Thunder 6-5 in overtime.

The Assiniboia Farm Credit Canada office held its Drive Away Hunger campaign on the week of October 9. The office staff visited schools in Assiniboia and surrounding communities to collect food bags.

Many Saskatchewan producers wrapped up harvest this past week thanks to some relatively warm and dry weather. Saskatchewan Agriculture reported that 94 per cent of the crop is now in the bin for the week ending October 9.

Is a war against Western Canada quietly festering in Ottawa these days? Several pieces of the puzzle are falling into place that lead one to this conclusion.

On the left, Angela Wilson, program director for the Assiniboia and District Museum, and artist Christine Ughayon from Assiniboia display new painting on the Assiniboia museum’s front doors.