Southwest Booster Staff

As SWAC competitions get underway, there will be strict limits on spectators at events.  There are no spectators for indoor events (volleyball). Only teams, officials and volunteers are allowed in the schools. For outdoor events (football/soccer), schools are limited to 30 spectators. Please check with the local schools to see what attendance sign in, sanitization, and masking...

Innovation Credit Union is thrilled to announce they will become the new title sponsor of the Swift Current U18 Female AAA Wildcats. Innovation takes over the sponsorship from Diamond Energy Services after an impressive 14 years of Diamond Energy Services being the team’s title sponsor. “The U18 AAA Female Wildcats are very excited with...

The Saskatchewan hockey community received some clarity regarding the 2020-21 season when the Saskatchewan Hockey Association released its Return to Hockey Safety Guidelines on October 8. Up until now only evaluations and practices had been allowed due to COVID-19, but the SHA released a 63-page document on Thursday that outlined a plan to return...

Swift Current voters will be faced with a crowded ballot of 19 council hopefuls and two mayoral candidates when they head to the polls on Monday, November 9. The 2020 field of candidates features five incumbent councillors, three candidates who were also on the 2016 ballot, one former council member, along with 10 individuals...

The Swift Current Municipal RCMP is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a male and a female who committed a theft at a business in the 1100 block of Central Ave. N. in Swift Current. On September 17, 2020 at approximately 11 a.m., a male and a female entered the business and...

On April 11, 2020, the sudden and tragic loss of Colby Cave, a beloved member of the hockey community, thoroughly impacted the people and communities that were so fortunate to have encountered Colby. His contributions to all of the communities he had immersed himself in throughout his life were immeasurable and inspiring, and Swift Current was one...

After seven long months, SWAC school sport officially returned. On Saturday, October 3, the Streambank Golf Course in Eastend was the site for a SWAC ‘Celebration of Golf.’ 13 golfers from Eastend, Swift Current, Ponteix and Val Marie took part in the event. It was a perfect day for 18 holes of golf. SWAC...

After many months away from the courts and fields, the Chinook School Division and the SouthWest Athletic Conference are proceeding with a measured “Return to School Sport” using all the guidelines set out by the Business Response Team. Schools have been using the month of September to assess what they are comfortable offering within...

The spirit of Ability Bowl is alive and well across southwest Saskatchewan, as SaskAbilities Swift Current recently celebrated the finale of Superhero Bowl: Walk, Wheel, Run. A two-week long fundraising drive took the place of the 33rd Annual Ability Bowl, which was impacted by the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in April 2020. Superhero...

Just days after record setting hot weather in the region on August 17 to 20, the Southwest plunged into record setting cold temperatures during a frosty Tuesday morning. The unwelcome cold weather arrived early, even though summer does not officially end until September 22. Environment Canada reported that 20 new cold...