Â鶹´«Ã½AV

As the year 2016 draws to a close and with 2017 around the corner, the Assiniboia Times takes a look back at the newsmakers of the year.

The Broken Arrow Youth Ranch held a Cowboy Christmas on December 10. The ranch is located south of Wood Mountain.

The 1st Assiniboia Scout group is bringing a shopping spree to Assiniboia — right in time for holiday shopping.

It was a homecoming for Archbishop Donald Bolen, recently-appointed to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina. The Archbishop visited the Our Lady of Assumption Co-Cathedral in Gravelbourg on November 27.

The Assiniboia Alliance Church cele­brated it’s 75th anniversary with an ex­tended worship and thanksgiving service on October 30, which was followed by a fellowship luncheon. The guest speaker was Rev. Dr.

The Â鶹´«Ã½AV Central Protective Services Asso­ciation has called towns, villages and RMs in the south central district for input on preferences for types of protective services training ahead of its De­cember meeting.

The RM and school board elections took place across Saskatchewan on October 26. In many RMs and towns in the Assiniboia area, polls were abandoned and councillors, mayors and reeves were elected by acclamation.

The Â鶹´«Ã½AVland Cooperative Ltd and Lafleche Co-operative Association will be amalgamating on January 29, 2017. Both Co-ops held membership meeting to adopt the resolution on the amalgama­tion.