Assiniboia Times

Dozens of varieties of mouth-watering apple pies attracted huge crowds to Mossbank and District Museum’s annual Apple Pie Day at the Mossbank community hall on August 23.

The Assiniboia and District Arts Council featured a local artist for its Arts Up! exhibit at the Kay Cristo Room in the Assiniboia and District Library.

A&W locations across Canada participated in its annual campaign Burgers to Beat MS on August 24. Assiniboia’s A&W location also took part in the Multiple Sclerosis fundraiser for the first time, said Rod Rodil, A&W Assiniboia manager.

Wyatt Lightfoot came home to Assiniboia as a multiple medal winner after competing in the World Dwarf Games hosted by the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, on August 4-12.

Centennial Park was full of tiny smiling faces on August 21 for Assiniboia’s annual Kids’ Day in the Park. The event was organized by the Recreation Department.

A new Protection and Response Team (PRT) has been created to aid in the reduction of crime in rural Saskatchewan, announced Attorney General Gordon Wyant on August 22.

The Assiniboia Livestock Auction held a pre-sorted all breeds sale for calves and yearlings on August 15 and a regular cull cow and bull sale on August 16 with a total 1,129 head sold.

The Saskatchewan Party will be holding a leadership convention on January 27, 2018 to select a new leader following the announcement by Premier Brad Wall that he is stepping down as premier and leaving political life.

The Assiniboia and District Museum held an open house and farewell come-and-go tea for the museum co-ordinator Julie Newton on August 18. Newton had been with the museum since 2015 and will be moving to Regina.

The Old Wives Watershed Association held a workshop on the water quality for livestock on July 25 in Hazenmore. It proved to be a popular session with over 100 producers attending, said Tim Coloutier, a staff member at the OWWA.