Assiniboia Times

The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association discussed the theme of “Change, Challenge, Opportunity” during its 104th annual general meeting, held in Moose Jaw on June 11-13.

Students from the Prairie South and Holy Trinity School Divisions will be challenging the industry-recognized 5th Class Power Engineering Certification in June.

Kevin Schaunberg, vice president and long-time member of the Friends of the St.

The Great Plains brought a flawless performance and top-notch songwriting to Rockglen on June 2. The veteran singer-songwriting duo of Saskia and Darrel from Courtney, B.C., now perform under the band name of The Great Plains.

Assiniboia’s Prince of Wales Centre will host a Saskatchewan Express concert on Wednesday, July 5. The SaskExpress troupe returns to Assiniboia with its new celebratory Canada150 show called “Oh! Canada 2017 Summer Tour”.

The Assiniboia Livestock Auction held its regular cull cow and bull sale on June 7 with 599 head sold. Heiferettes jumped $0.09 on the previous sale to sell from $1.30 per lb. to $1.50 per lb. D1 and D2 cows dropped to sell between $1.02 to $1.

Seeding operations are almost complete as 94 per cent of the crop is now in the ground, Saskatchewan Agriculture reported for the week of June 5.

Jason’s Agri-Motive in Lafleche marked 15 years in business on June 9.

Millions of working people struggle to cover the cost of housing, food, health care, childcare and other basic necessities for themselves and their families.