Southwest Booster Staff

The creativity of local designer Brandon Wiebe will be featured on the medals which will be awarded at the 2019 Western Canada Summer Games. Wiebe’s design was recently unveiled as the winning entry in the Medal Design Contest which sought locally created designs which reflect the unique nature, theme, culture and sprit of the Games in Swift Current. His design is...

Maple Creek RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance into their investigation of a deceased male discovered on the TransCanada Highway just inside the Alberta/Saskatchewan border early Sunday morning. RCMP report that at approximately 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 5, a man was found deceased on the southern edge of the eastbound lanes of the TransCanada Highway approximately seven kilometres...

The Swift Current Rural RCMP are asking for the public's assistance in locating 53-year-old Ronald Geiger from Kyle who was reported missing on Sunday, December 23 at 10 p.m. Ronald Geiger spoke by telephone with a family member on December 19 and has not been seen since. Geiger is 6'2" tall and weighs 170 lbs., with brown hair and blue eyes....

The RCMP F Division Underwater Recovery Team has located the body of 26-year-old Colton Koop three weeks after the truck he was driving crashed through a guardrail and into the Swift Current Creek. RCMP report the body was discovered at approximately 9:30 a.m. on Saturday at a location upstream from the location where the truck entered the creek. An investigation is...

The Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit has charged a Swift Current man with three child pornography related offences. Tony Resendes, 53, appeared in Swift Current Provincial Court yesterday where his matter was adjourned until December 12. Resendes is facing Criminal Code charges of possession of child pornography - Sec.163.1(4) CC; Make Available Child Pornography – Sec. 163.1 (3) CC; and...

A total of $66,000 of drugs was seized when Swift Current RCMP executed a drug warrant on Thursday. RCMP reported they executed a search warrant at a residence in the 1500 block of Winnie St. E. at approximately 6 p.m. on November 15, with the Swift Current Municipal General Investigation Section, Swift Current Municipal Detachment, Swift Current Police Dog Section...

Swift Current Municipal RCMP members continue to investigate an early morning incident where a truck ended up in the Swift Current Creek. RCMP report that a red 2014 Dodge truck was southbound on 6th Ave. N.E. in Swift Current when it crashed through the east guardrail and came to rest in the water. When RCMP arrived at the scene they could...

The Swift Current Municipal RCMP Detachment will be engaging with people within the community during a Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, November 8. The RCMP Town Hall Meeting is set for 7 p.m. at the Elmwood Golf and Country Club. This event is the second of two Town Hall style meetings to be hosted this year. The first town hall...

An accident caused by a vehicle travelling the wrong direction along the TransCanada Highway near Tompkins on Monday night has left three people dead. At approximately 8:10 p.m. on Monday, October 29, the Swift Current RCMP Rural Detachment was alerted of a vehicle travelling westbound at a high rate of speed in the eastbound lanes of the TransCanada Highway. While...

SwiftLink, a local organization with a vision of unifying our community by helping other communities in need, will be hosting their second annual Charity Expo on Saturday, October 27 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Swift Current Mall. A number of displays and information tables will be set up to showcase the humanitarian work being done by several...