Assiniboia Times

The Assiniboia Livestock Auction held its pre-sorted Charolais Cross and Angus Cross calf and yearling sale on October 24 with 2,430 head sold.

With influenza season around the corner, the Five Hills Health Region is gearing up for it by opening its flu clinics as of October 23. About 750 immunizations were given on the first day of the clinics with 220 given in Assiniboia, said Dr.

Gordon Engstrom retired from the board of directors of the Assiniboia Housing Authority after 28 years of dedicated service on October 24. The occasion was marked at the Eastside Court with cake and visiting.

They were smaller, lighter and fewer in number and they pulled off a storybook ending to their football season.

The community fundraiser for the Kincaid Fire Department was a huge success on Saturday, October 14. The event included a supper, live and silent auctions, and a cabaret and raised over $111,000.

Donna Fiset was honoured at a community gathering to mark her retirement from a 37-year EMS career on October 15.

The 11th annual Taste and See breakfast at St. George’s Catholic parish hall featured author and lawyer Carla Carlson as keynote speaker on October 14.

A faulty brine pump at the Assiniboia Civic Centre upset scheduling and forced the Southern Junior B Rebels to reschedule its game from October 25 and to relocate the games played on October 28-29.

Southland Co-operative Association has made the SaskBusiness Magazine’s Top 100 list ranking at 98 on the list of Saskatchewan’s largest companies. Last year, it ranked at 99. Southland Co-op formed in 1939 and employs 160 today.

Shaun Boothe, a Hip Hop artist and motivational speaker, toured Saskatchewan schools from October 16 to 25 bringing students the message of inspiration to greatness through sharing the lives of such icons as Terry Fox, Bob Marley and Malalah, the you