Southwest Booster Staff
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A full 98 per cent of school-aged COVID cases during a recent 18 day period in Saskatchewan came from unimmunized or partly immunized households.
In a review of the 1,643 confirmed COVID-19 cases between August 20 and September 7, 334 school age children had contracted COVID. The majority of these identified cases (189 cases...
The Swift Current Comp. Colts Soccer team won their season opener with a 3-2 victory over Yorkton in Moose Jaw on the weekend.
The scoring was opened when Zachary Kielo netted the 1-0 lead. Two additional goals were added by Rowan Reimer. Veteran goalkeeper Jared Steinley saved a last-minute penalty kick to secure the...
In response to Saskatchewan’s record high COVID-19 cases the Chinook School Division is requiring students and staff to wear masks in all indoor areas of school effective Friday, September 17.
In an update made to their Return to School Plan, Chinook has mandated the new masking policy in response to Chinook schools seeing an...
The Swift Current Comp. Ardens made a triumphant return to the pitch in Moose Jaw with a pair of lopsided victories on Saturday in their first matches in 687 days.
The 11-time defending Moose Jaw High School Girls Soccer League champions opened the season with a 10-3 win over the Yorkton Sacred Heart Saints....
The Swift Current Municipal RCMP are requesting for assistance from the public. At approximately 2:25 p.m. on Wednesday September 8, four individuals, two females and two males, entered a business on the 900 Block of Central Avenue. The two females entered together, while the males entered at different times. A few minutes later, the two females exited...
The Family Resource Centre Swift Current Inc. is the 2021 Saskatchewan recipient of the Council of the Federation Literacy Award (COFLA).
The COFLA is given each year to a recipient in each province and territory, recognizing outstanding achievement, innovative practice and excellence in literacy. Saskatchewan's theme for 2021 is community literacy leadership, and the...
The sizzling summer in the Southwest continued on Saturday, with the region recording four of the 25 new daily maximum temperature records set on August 14.
Environment Canada reported that Swift Current established a new high temperature mark of 36.5 Celsius, which erased the previous mark of 35.0 set in 1892. The new record...
Swift Current’s Abby Sauder will suit up for the Lethbridge College Kodiaks women’s volleyball team in the Alberta College Athletic Association next season.
Sauder is a left side who will join the Kodiaks after training extensively with Team Saskatchewan this summer.
“Abby is an exciting pick-up for us,” says Kodiaks head...
The federal and provincial governments have agreed to increase the 2021 AgriStability interim benefit payment percentage from 50 per cent to 75 per cent for Saskatchewan producers.
"My heart goes out to those farmers and ranchers feeling the impacts of the drought. We are working closely with provinces to get farm families the support...
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is advising the public of a pair of instances of increased COVID-19 activity in Swift Current.
The SHA is advising of potential exposure to COVID-19 for individuals who attended the Swift Current Rodeo and Cabaret at Kinetic Exhibition Park on Friday, July 23, in addition to customers of the Railway...