Southwest Booster Staff

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...

A mix of face-to-face services and by appointment only visits will be available when Swift Current City Hall re-opens with limited hours beginning, Tuesday, September 8. City Hall is partially re-opening on Tuesday after being closed to the public since Friday, March 20 during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A record 115 nominees are in the running for recognition 22nd annual SCBEX Awards. The Swift Current and District Chamber of Commerce unveiled their list of nominees late Thursday afternoon, with nominations increasing in five of seven awards categories. Last year there were 87 nominees and a record 170 nominations. This year the largest...

The Swift Current Municipal RCMP have received a number of complaints recently involving counterfeit US $100 bills being passed at local businesses. Local RCMP are requesting employees/employers/managers to be vigilant when accepting bills from customers, especially at busy times during the day. These bills resemble US notes currently in circulation, but are slightly off...

Over the past few months, CURLSASK's Staff and Return to Play Committee have been working tirelessly to ensure Saskatchewan curlers and clubs can safely return to the ice. We are pleased to release these guidelines to support the safe return for curling clubs, volunteers, event organizers and individual curlers. The underlying principles of the guidelines are physical...

The Swift Current Municipal RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 28-year-old Denny Ristine, who was last seen on August 16 in Swift Current. Denny’s family have been unable to contact him and have reported Denny as missing. Ristine is described as: 168 cm, 80 kg, Caucasian, short blonde...

The City of Swift Current has been informed that it was unsuccessful in its applications for funding through the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Grant Program (ICIP) for Federal and Provincial Government assistance for its proposed Integrated Leisure Facility and Wastewater Collection and Expansion Upgrades Projects. The applications for funding were prepared and submitted by...

The Swift Current Library is excited to announce Phase 2 of our planned public reopening on Monday, August 24th. We are implementing safe reopening protocols, and as long as we continue to feel that our staff and the general public will be safe, we will reopen on that date. Our public opening hours, starting...

On Saturday, August 8, 2020, at approximately 2 a.m., Swift Current Rural RCMP conducted a traffic stop on an SUV travelling east on Highway 1 near Waldeck, SK, for a Vehicle Equipment Regulation (VER) violation. During the course of the vehicle stop, a simple equipment violation turned into a drug trafficking and possession investigation...