Assiniboia Times

Over 100 people from the Wood Mountain constituency joined the province-wide Drop Everything and Read event on April 7 in Assiniboia.

The Southeast College has teamed up with SaskPower to offer power engineering training to meet labour market demand. The program graduates its first cohort of students in May.

Pulse growers in the Assiniboia area are breathing a sigh of relief as the Canadian government has secured a temporary exemption on the fumigation of pulse exports to India.

Dozens of children streamed across the fresh spring grass in search of Easter eggs at Centennial Park in Assiniboia on Saturday, April 8. The Community Easter Egg Hunt took place with over 70 families and children in attendance.

Destin Ash from Hutch Ambulance (at centre in the picture below) explained to students at the Assiniboia Elementary School about the health effects of smoking.

What does campfires, an owl, Cookie Monster, flower bouquets, bird’s nests and pouring M&M’s have in common? They were just some of the cupcake decorations created by the Grades 5-8 students for the fourth annual Cupcake War at the Assiniboia Element

The Tornado Hunter Greg Johnson shared his tornado hunting experiences with Rockglen students on March 30. Johnson was invited to speak at the Rockglen School by the Students Against Drunk Driving (SADD) committee.

Rockglen hosted a number of entertainment events on March 18 and the highlight was the Johnny Cash tribute concert.

Assiniboia and District Public Library patrons were left fuming over the 58 per cent cut to the province’s regional library system in the March 22 budget. The government has slashed funding to $3.

By Rick Major Dave Williams refers to himself as the other famous “Tiger”. Much like the Tiger who golfs, Williams has also had his fair share of press over the years.