Southwest Booster Staff

At the end of this summer, on August 30, 2017, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) will mark exactly 20,000 days of conservation. This milestone provides an opportunity to celebrate and reflect on the work done by NCC and our partners each day, and the conservation we need to accomplish in the 20,000 days to come. Since the countdown began...

With 49 per cent of the crop now in the bin, Southwest producers continue to make quick work of the 2017 harvest. The Saskatchewan Agriculture Crop Report for the period of August 22 to 28 highlights that warm and dry weather allowed area farmers to complete another 19 per cent of harvest operations, up from 30 per cent the previous...

Environment Canada has issued a Heat Warning for the Southwest, as unseasonably hot temperatures are expected to continue for another day across the region. During the mid afternoon hours, Leader was Saskatchewan’s hot spot at 35.6 Celsius, and temperatures were above 30 in the entire region during the mid afternoon: Maple Creek (34.4), Swift Current (33.8), Mankota (32.5), Val Marie...

Saskatchewan has set a new summer peak power use record for the third time this summer. The latest record was set on Monday, August 28, eclipsing previous power use highs set back in July. Saskatchewan electrical users consumed 3,470 megawatts of power at 4:26 p.m. on Monday, breaking the previous high marks of 3,419 megawatts of power back on July 27...

New students in families who have moved to a community within the Chinook School Division, or a new attendance area in Swift Current, may register at their local school on Monday, August 28. While students head back to classes in the Chinook School Division on Tuesday, September 5, new students are able to register starting today. Parents and guardians are reminded...

Warm and dry weather is allowing Southwest producers to make steady progress during the early weeks of harvest. The Saskatchewan Agriculture Crop Report for the period of August 15 to 21 notes that 30 per cent of the crop is in the bin across the Southwest, up from 17 per cent just a week ago. An additional 17 per cent...

Four individuals are appearing in Swift Current Provincial Court this morning facing a long series of charges following a traffic stop on Friday, August 18. The four were in a vehicle that was stopped by Morse RCMP in Herbert on Friday while checking for a male wanted on warrants by the Swift Current City RCMP. And while all four adult occupants...

The kitchen of a Swift Current home caught fire and heavy smoke damage occurred throughout the house during a Sunday afternoon fire. Swift Current Fire Department extinguished the fire in a home in the 100 block of 1st Ave. S.W. at approximately 1:30 p.m. on August 20. Fire damage was contained in the kitchen area, but there is heavy smoke...

Gull Lake has become the first community outside of Swift Current to adopt the Safe Places – Youth Certified initiative. Launched in Swift Current in March 2016, the program is aimed at training volunteers who work with youth. To become Safe Places certified, an individual has to complete a Criminal Record Check, a Vulnerable Sector Check, and complete an on-line...

Following a series of recent rains and cooler temperatures a series of area fire bans are now lifted. An announcement was made earlier this week that bans are no longer in place for the R.M.’s of Swift Current #137, Lac Pelletier #107, Riverside #168, Coulee #136, Webb #138, Excelsior #166, as well as the Lac Pelletier Regional Park. Individuals who are...