Assiniboia Times

The RM and school board elections took place across Saskatchewan on October 26. In many RMs and towns in the Assiniboia area, polls were abandoned and councillors, mayors and reeves were elected by acclamation.

The Southland Cooperative Ltd and Lafleche Co-operative Association will be amalgamating on January 29, 2017. Both Co-ops held membership meeting to adopt the resolution on the amalgama­tion.

A Community Safety meeting was held on October 27 at the Prince of Wales Centre. Almost all of the members of the Assiniboia Detachment of the RCMP were on hand, led by Sgt. Michael Shortland. The Assiniboia RCMP detachment members included Sgt.

The Assiniboia community was invited to participate in a cultural mapping of community assets on November 8.

Zak Organics Crunchy Peas is a new made-in-Sas­katchewan healthy snack hitting the markets across the country. This agricul­tural foods product is also a model for how farm fam­ilies can add value to their operations.

The Assiniboia Junior Rebels hockey team had a very successful fundraising month, while marking Breast Cancer Month in October. The team jerseys earned over $11,000 which will be donated to breast cancer research.

The season for annual influenza immunization began on October 31. Flu shots clinics are running in Assiniboia during the month of November.

Saskatchewan Express is celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday by per­forming “Oh! Canada”, which is a brand new show conceived, written and directed by Carol Gay Bell. This exciting show is a celebration of Canada and Canadian music.

Sewing machines were busily humming at St. George’s Roman Catholic Church in Assiniboia on November 16. Members of the women’s auxiliary and other volunteers embarked on phase two of their pro­ject to sew dresses for impoverished children in Mexico.