Assiniboia Times

The Mankota Stockmen’s Weigh Co. held an all-class sale on February 10 with 140 head sold. Bulls weighing between 1000 to 2000 lbs. sold between $90 and $96 per cwt. This is up from the $82.15 per cwt average price at the last sale on December 9.

The Assiniboia Composite High School’s senior girls Rockets basketball team hosted the second annual “We The Pink” tournament at their school on Feb. 3 and 4.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported directly to ranchers on their Bovine Tuberculosis investigation in southeast Alberta and southeast Saskatchewan. Dr.

Planning is underway for the Canada 150 celebrations in Assiniboia after the planning committee had met on February 1.

Members of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) discussed some of the beef industry’s most pressing issues at their semi-annual meeting on January 25 in Regina.

The Southern Rebels Junior Hockey Club picked winners for the 29th annual Smiles Per Mile Lotto at a recent home game on February 1, and the Southland Co-op administration staff won the 50/50 draw worth $17,947.50.

Kylie Gavelin of Mankota and her teammates on the Canadian women’s hockey team competed in the gold-medal final at the 28th Winter Universiade in Almaty, Kazakhstan on February 6. Canada faced Russia in a re-match of last year’s loss.

Toes were tapping at the performance by the Twin Fiddles on February 2 at the Shurniak Art Gallery in Assiniboia. It was one of two stops in the area, with the other stop including Lafleche.

Members of the Assiniboia RCMP detachment conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle being driven by an 18-year-old male on February 3 at approximately 10:30 p.m.

Darlene Wasyluk, manager of the Salvation Army accepted a donation to the food bank in Assiniboia from Jeanette Mondor from the Hills of Home Club during a presentation on January 23, pictured at right.