It was just the break many needed on the eve of Christmas eve, a hearty meal of chili.
Cooks with the three emergency services organizations in the city; RCMP, Yorkton Fire Department and EMS, held a chili cook-off competition Monday at the fire hall, and invited the public in for lunch.
鈥淎ll the emergency services came together and wanted to do a community event to raise money for a cause,鈥� said Yorkton Fire Chief Trevor Morrissey.
Morrissey said they thought Dec. 23, was a good day, as 鈥減eople are looking for stuff to do,鈥� just before the holidays officially get going.
The three groups each cooked up their best chili, but Morrissey said they wanted to know which was the best-of-the-best, so they had Yorkton Councillors Randy Goulden, Aaron Kienle, Quinn Haider and Darcy Zaharia taste-test samples and finally pick a winner.
And, the winner was the chili of the Yorkton Fire Department.
As for the public, the chili was free, although they did take donations which were going to the Yorkton Salvation Army鈥檚 Christmas campaign.
Morrissey said the three services do plan to do more events in the future to foster more engagement with the community beyond interactions necessitated by their jobs.
