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The Senior Girls Basketball Team, the Assiniboia Rockets, worked hard together for the 2020 Pink Game on January 31 for the Hoops for Hope tournament. This program helped many in their battle against cancer.

In November, the Water Security Agency in Moose Jaw wanted to instigate a change in classification for Assiniboia’s water treatment plant from a Class III to a Class IV facility.

Farm Credit Canada provided a seminar with workshops throughout the day in the Prince of Wales, where experts offered their insights to producers on marketing grain and beef on January 30.

From the northwest to the southern areas along the border, most of Saskatchewan will have balmier than usual temperatures for at least the first week of February, although the outdoor climes might get slightly colder as the month progresses.

The year 2020 will mark the 15th consecutive year when the Government of Saskatchewan proclaimed the first full week of February as Archives Week in the province. Archives Week in Saskatchewan will run from February 2-8.

Januarys in Saskatchewan usually mean highs of -10 and lows of -21 Celsius. But Assiniboia experienced a Wednesday in late January with an unseasonal high of -3.

Updated, February 2

Professor Neil Ferguson, a public health expert at Imperial College in London England, said there might be 100,000 or more people affected by the coronavirus in late January – a mutation of a common virus currently sweeping headlines worldwide.

The Senior Rebels were downed 6-3 on Friday, January 24 in what turned out to be a lacklustre affair on their part. Gravelbourg quickly took a 3-0 lead and never trailed, serving official notice they will not be pushovers in the playoffs.

Earlier last the week, the Junior Rebels successfully outwitted the Regina Silver Foxes on a Wednesday competition at the Assiniboia Civic Centre Arena, besting the visiting team with a 5-2 result.