Assiniboia Times

A total of 8,591 head of cattle were sold in Saskatchewan for the week ending September 15, up from 5,568 head sold the previous week, and up slightly from 8,548 head the same week a year ago.

Assiniboia Composite High School Rockets football team was downed 6-26 in its first home game against the Preeceville Panthers at Bearss Field in Assiniboia on September 22.

Nature Conservancy of Canada has discovered 10 species at risk on its newly-acquired Wideview Complex. The Nature Conservancy of Canada is Canada’s leading private, not-for-profit land conservation organization.

Prairie Sunset: A Story of Change by Saskatchewan-born author Dion Manastyrski is a book that pays tribute to the pioneering generations who settled the Canadian Prairies.

Earlier this summer, Mossbank farmers banded together to plant a seed of an idea to better their community. This fall they harvested and sold their crop which is part of the Farm it Forward: Advancing our Community project.

The Assiniboia branch of TD Canada Trust made a donation to the Assiniboia Aquatics Centre on September 21. The branch regularly supports the community with donations.

The Assiniboia Livestock Auction held a pre-sorted all breeds sale for calves and yearlings on September 12. Steer calves and yearlings sold well above prices reached at this time last year. Heifer yearling prices were also higher than last year.

Producers have made significant harvest progress, due in large part to the warm and dry weather, Saskatchewan Agriculture reported for the week ending September 11.

Erin Eberle, owner of Mom’s Florist in Assiniboia, in the centre with staff display some of the flowers ordered in for Good Neighbour Day on September 13.

Saskatchewan’s NDP Party has bumped up its leadership convention to March 3. Now, the pressure is on candidates to intensify their campaigning.