Southwest Booster Staff

Swift Current RCMP made a pair of drug related arrests earlier this week which resulted in 15 charges against two Swift Current men. On June 27, the Swift Current Municipal RCMP, assisted by the Swift Current RCMP Police Dog Service, executed a Criminal Code search warrant at a residence located at 225 5th Ave. N.E. which resulted in the seizure...

The Swift Current and District Chamber of Commerce is looking for a new top officer after Chief Executive Officer Clayton Wicks resigned from his position this past week. The Chamber’s Board of Directors announced Wicks’ resignation on Friday, and his departure comes less than three months after the Chamber’s Annual General Meeting on March 29. Wicks had served at the helm...

RCMP are seeking the assistance of the public in connection with six robberies at financial institutions across Southern Saskatchewan over the past 13 months. Dating back to May 2016, RCMP have investigated six bank robberies and two attempted robberies. Investigators have noted a series of similarities in these eight incidents. The suspect is consistently described as an adult male, aged...

The widespread rain falling in Southwest Saskatchewan is a welcome sight as it is providing some relief for dry fields across the region. The Saskatchewan Agriculture Crop Report for the period of June 13 to 19 shared that both the Assiniboia and Shaunavon regions were enduring driest conditions in the province. A full 90 per cent of the cropland, halyard...

The Swift Current Broncos announced Thursday that the 17 in 17 season ticket drive has launched with the goal of achieving 1,700 season ticket holders in time for the 2017/18 regular season. Season ticket holder numbers stand at 1,493, including a total of 137 new season ticket holders for the coming year. 2016/17 season ticket holders have until July 10...

Planning of the Western Canada Summer Games (WCSG) is well under way with an expectation of more than 1,700 athletes and coaches representing 16 sports expected to compete from August 9 - 17, 2019. “The board of directors is up and running, meeting monthly and building their teams,” said Mark Benesh, board co-chair. “We are all pretty excited about the...

Swift Current RCMP have released a series of photos of three suspects involved in an early Monday break-in at the Swift Current Mall. The trio drove a stolen pickup through the north outer glass doors of the Swift Current Mall during the early morning hours of June 19. The vehicle was then driven through the Mall and into the security...

RCMP are reporting they have located a local man who had not been seen since last Tuesday. Leon Dyck was located in the Herbert area earlier today after he was reported missing on Friday. He had been missing since last seen in Herbert at approximately 3 p.m. on June 13. The Morse RCMP are extending their thanks to the public for...

Swift Current motorists were hit with 129 Traffic Safety Act charges and a series of other enforcement actions during a two day policing blitz in the community. On June 14 and 15, RCMP South West Regional Traffic Services hosted a Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) campaign in the City of Swift Current and surrounding highways. During the two day campaign...

Ministry of Environment conservation officers recently completed a two-and-half year investigation into illegal outfitting activities near the community of Hazlet. The multi-agency initiative led to more than $71,000 in fines for four North Battleford-area men. During a patrol in October 2014, conservation officers encountered four individuals on a ranch in the Great Sand Hills. Information gathered over the next several...