In the Community

Wood Dragon Books – an indie hybrid publisher based in Mossbank, is launching a publishing competition for young authors. Three titles will be chosen from the competition entries and published.

The residents of East Side and West Side Court in Assiniboia have been participating in bingo games. Laurie Smith is the coordinator of these games, where social interaction within a safe COVID environment is key.

Fa La La Shop Local is a contest for the Christmas 2020 season with 28 participating merchants in Assiniboia. The contest will begin on Nov. 20. With every purchase, customers can enter their names at the businesses involved in this seasonal event.

As I think back to the weekend I opened my store a short time ago, I am in awe of how fast time has gone by. We had the grand opening of Kelli’s Fashions on Thanksgiving weekend 2006. My store is named after my oldest granddaughter.

Expressions Photography is located in the old Toronto Dominion Bank at 200 Centre Street.

Christmas Lane has been part of Assiniboia’s pre-Christmas season since 2002.

Words of Worth

A laugh a day keeps COVID-19 at bay! I set out recently to ponder the pros and cons of our COVID-19 restricted lifestyle. I decided I would have to sprinkle in a little humour to make this column palatable. So watch for the hashtags.

After 57 years on the market, Coca-Cola announced its original diet drink, Tab, is being discontinued. While it enjoyed fairly strong sales at one time, it was dethroned by the introduction of a new king of diet drinks, Diet Coke, back in 1982.

Britain and its Empire lost almost a million men during World War One; most of them died on the Western Front stretching 440 miles from the Swiss border to the North Sea.