Assiniboia Times

The 2020 Ladies Golf Tournament was held at the Assiniboia Regional Park Golf Course on September 23. Linda Hall attended the annual event. She wrote: “It was a very different year for ladies golf in Assiniboia, but it was fun nevertheless.

When driving along the gravel roads northeast of Assiniboia, Emmanuel Prairie Gardens emerges above the fields as an ivory palace of wood surrounded by flowerbeds, shrubbery and trees.

The library in Assiniboia has just increased their appointment times for in-library browsing. The updated schedule is applicable as per Lori Crighton, Branch Librarian for the Assiniboia and District Public Library: Monday 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

On September 22, 2020, at approximately 6:13 a.m., the Assiniboia RCMP and Assiniboia Fire Rescue responded to the report of a vehicle fire at an automotive repair business located on Second Avenue East in Assiniboia.

While COVID-19 is on everyone’s mind right now, influenza season is just around the corner. In anticipation of this, the Ministry of Health purchased 36.5 per cent more vaccine than last year to meet the anticipated increase in demand.

Group representing rural Saskatchewan residents will work to close the digital divide

Sometime between the hours of 6-6:05 a.m., a series of loud explosions were heard throughout Assiniboia on the morning of Sept. 22.

In its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 million tonnes per year, the federal government is working developing a new “Clean Fuel Standard” and that is ringing alarm bells for the Saskatchewan government, as expressed by Energy and Reso

Saskatchewan’s provincial government announced annual funding of $24.2 million to the eight regional colleges in the province for skills training programs on September 21. Southeast College will receive $2.7 million.

The Health Canada COVID Alert app became available to Saskatchewan residents on Sept 18. Once downloaded to smart phones, subscribers can participate in digital COVID-19 exposure alerts.