Assiniboia Times

The fourth annual Assiniboia and District Fire Department’s Firefighters Ball takes place on Saturday, February 25 at the Prince of Wales Centre in Assiniboia.

Eric Harper, the award-winning Flamenco guitarist, made a stop in Assiniboia on January 31 as part of the Stars for Saskatchewan Concert series.

Extreme cold temperatures in southern Saskatchewan in early February were not only dangerous for humans, but for farm animals as well. Temperatures dipped to the low minus 20s and with a windchill some days felt like the minus 30s.

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.