Southwest Booster Staff

Great Plains College has announced a series of changes in response to a funding cut in the recent provincial budget. The College announced late this afternoon the SunDogs Basketball program will be suspended for the 2017-2018 season, however the Volleyball program will continue as planned. The college also announced reduced instruction contracts for staff in various college locations in response to...

The girls’ doubles duo from Leader, Payton Stimson and Kyla Tumbach, captured the bronze medal at SHSAA Badminton Provincials. The provincial competition took place at Weyburn on May 13. The format at provincials was eight teams divided into two pools of four. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the playoff round. Stimson and Tumbach had a record of...

Two adult males were arrested early this morning after attempting to enter a parked vehicle in the 100 block of 2nd Ave. N.W. Swift Current City RCMP report that around 12:45 a.m., the duo were arrested after being observed trying to enter a parked vehicle. After their arrest a number of items were seized from the suspects. RCMP believe the...

The 2016 Census of Agriculture is showing farm operations are getting larger while the total number of farm operations continues to shrink. The census data released by Statistic Canada today notes that in 2016 there were 193,492 farms, down 5.9 per cent from the previous census in 2011. Statistics Canada did highlight that this was the lowest rate of decline...

The importance of hand washing to your health is being highlighted today during Stop! Clean Your Hands Day. May 5 of each year is Stop! Clean Your Hands Day, with health officials taking the time to point out that while your hands may appear clean, they in fact carry many germs and pathogens. Washing your hands correctly with soap and...

Spring field work has been slowed by a cool and damp April, and producers across the Southwest have only completed two per cent of seeding work instead of the five year average of 15 per cent. With just pockets of seeding underway across the Southwest, the warm and dry weather expected this weekend will make a huge difference for farmers. According...

The Petroleum Services Association of Canada has issued a new forecast calling for a busier year of drilling activity. PSAC’s latest update to their 2017 Canadian Drilling Activity Forecast is anticipating 6,680 wells will be drilled this coming year, and increase of 2,505 wells from their previous forecast and a full 60 per cent increase from their original projection of...

A total of 42 teams took to the lanes at Frontier Bowling Lanes on Saturday to participate in the 30th annual Ability Bowl. The 230 participants were able to raise $70,696 during this fundraiser for the Saskatchewan Abilities Council, Swift Current Branch. Many of the teams dressed as their favourite rock stars during the Rock ’n’ Bowl themed event. “We are overwhelmed...

Highway #4 just south of Swift Current has been reopened following a fatal collision which occurred early this morning. RCMP report that a 25-year-old woman from Blumenort was pronounced deceased following a collision between two pick up trucks shortly after 8 a.m. this morning. Swift Current Rural RCMP were assisted by Swift Current Rural Fire Department in extinguishing a fire...

Editor: If your objectives are to protect public health and safety, keep marijuana out of the hands of minors and cut illegal profits flowing to organized crime—then the law as it stands today has been an abject failure. Law enforcement agencies in Canada spend an estimated $2 to $3 billion a year trying to fight pot, yet Canadian teenagers are among...