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Sunday, January 12, 2025
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An investigation is underway to determine the cause of a fatal plane crash just east of the Swift Current Airport on Thursday night. The Swift Current Rural RCMP confirmed that the two occupants of the plane were pronounced deceased at the scene. A small, single engine plane took off from the Swift Current Airport at 7:04 p.m., and crashed approximately one...
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is sending a team of investigators to gather information following a small aircraft accident just east of the Swift Current Airport. Emergency and fire crews responded to the accident between 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Thursday night. At current time there are no other details of the incident. MORE TO FOLLOW
A total of $5.9 million in additional supports are being provided by the provincial government to help combat crime in rural Saskatchewan. A total of 258 additional officers with arrest and detention powers will be deployed province wide through the creation of the new Protection and Response Team. The initiative was adopted by the province following the release of a...
A chance to photograph a total solar eclipse was too tempting an opportunity for Swift Current’s Craig Hilts to pass up. Traditionally a storm chaser who has captured a series of impressive tornado images, Hilts is hoping for clear skies when he travels 1,000 kilometres south to take eclipse photographs from the path of totality on Monday, August 21. “I’m pretty...
Gull Lake’s Cenotaph park now features a lasting recognition of the sacrifice made by Captain Keith Mirau. The commemorative plaque was unveiled during a special event on August 9, with the ceremony also the first time the community has been able to gather after Gull Lake Town Council proclaimed every August 9 as Captain Keith Mirau Day. On August 9, 1974,...
Saskatchewan Premier and Swift Current MLA Brad Wall will be retiring as Saskatchewan’s Premier as soon as the Sask Party elects a new leader. Wall announced his intention to step down as Saskatchewan Premier in a video message earlier this morning. He will also be retiring from elected politics when a replacement is in place. Wall was elected Saskatchewan Premier during...
Members of the Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society began a journey from Swift Current to Battleford this past Thursday, retracing the route of The Swift Current - Battleford Trail which served as a significant trail which linked the communities during the founding of the prairies. The 18-day trek will feature a group of walkers travelling 330 kilometres along a route...
Karla Wiens has been unveiled as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Swift Current and District Chamber of Commerce. Wiens was introduced as the new CEO by Chamber Board Chair Brock Friesen during a media conference this morning. The Chamber had been without a CEO since the June 23 resignation of previous CEO Clayton Wicks, and Friesen noted a three-person...
Swift Current’s grand ole Lyric Theatre clearly does matter to supporters after winning the $30,000 Regional-West prize in the National Trust This Place Matters competition. A special announcement was made on Monday where the Lyric Theatre was unveiled as having finished among the top entires in the National Trust’s competition which ran from June 14 to July 20. The Lyric...
Junior Fermin drew a bases loaded walk in the top of the 12th inning to spark a four running as the visiting Regina Red Sox earned a scrappy 12-8 come from behind win over the host Swift Current 57s. Ferman drew the bases loaded walk on a full count with two out in the decisive inning, and then Jordan Schultz...

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