In the Community

Dr. Dwight Vallee at Community Chiropractic in Assiniboia has joined his fellow chiropractic colleagues to take part in the Toasty Toes Sock Drive that runs now until November 24. Socks can be dropped off at Dr.

The Assiniboia Farm Credit Canada office held its Drive Away Hunger campaign on the week of October 9. The office staff visited schools in Assiniboia and surrounding communities to collect food bags.

I like this quote by Lauren DeStefano: “Fall has always been my favourite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.

The longest-running model engineer show in North America celebrated a milestone, and many people turned out for the event. The 30th annual Estevan Model Engineer show attracted 50 exhibitors to the Wylie-Mitchell building on Saturday and Sunday.

On the left, Angela Wilson, program director for the Assiniboia and District Museum, and artist Christine Ughayon from Assiniboia display new painting on the Assiniboia museum’s front doors.

I recently received a thank you card for a wedding gift my wife and I gave a year ago. Of all the wedding gift thank you cards I have received over the years this one was the most meaningful.

“Sweet Saturday” is looking forward to performing at the Cugnet Centre for the Communithon Concert Jam on Saturday, October 21. The Moose Jaw-based vocal trio is a folk and roots band, which consists of Jaimie Atkins, Mandy Canning and Annie MacLeod.

The Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association marked its 100th anniversary with a community celebration in Assiniboia on October 3.

Assiniboia’s second Ethnic Jubilee proved to be a huge success, attracting upwards of 800 people for the day-long event on September 30. The Jubilee was part of Culture Days taking place in communities around Saskatchewan.

It's hard to believe it's been nearly a year since people were captivated by the tale of a chocolate Labrador dog that spent 27 days trapped at the bottom of a well at a farm near Hitchcock.