Southwest Booster Staff

Prince Albert poet and writing instructor Lynda Monahan will take to the Write Out Loud stage on Wednesday, April 19. Monahan’s work has been published in numerous literary magazines and has been broadcast on CBC Radio and SCN Television. Her three books of poetry are A Slow Dance in the Flames, What My Body Knows, and Verge. Monahan has taught creative...

Colter Wall will be in Swift Current on May 5 to kick off a busy touring schedule in support of his debut full length recording. Wall will be performing a May 5 concert at the Lyric Theatre as the first of a long series of dates in his album release tour. His debut full length self titled album will be...

It’s not easy representing 150 years of Confederation on a single bank note. But the Bank of Canada’s new commemorative note does just that with a story about our history, land and culture. This new $10 note, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Confederation, was unveiled on April 7 and it will hit the streets starting June 1. For the first time,...

Spring is upon us and many have already begun spring cleaning processes. Please be reminded of the potential for exposure to Hantavirus. Hantavirus is a deadly disease transmitted by infected rodents through urine, droppings, or saliva. Most cases occur in the spring during cleaning when people may breathe in air borne particles. It is especially important to take precautions while...

Saskatchewan recorded its quietest public offering of petroleum and natural gas dispositions in over two decades during the April 11 sale. Province wide the April sale generated $1.37 million in activity in what was the first sale of the 2017 fiscal year and second of the calendar year. The January 2017 sale generated $5.0 million in activity. The April sale was...

EDITOR: On Friday, April 7, almost 6,000 Saskatchewan residents came out to support their public library system and to protest agains the draconian cuts to provincial funding recently announced by the Sask Party government. From La Ronge to Maple Creek, Pierceland to Estevan, library users celebrated their library service and told their stories at DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) events...

A trio of Swift Current Broncos have settled into the top 100 North American prospects in the NHL Central Scouting’s year end rankings. The Broncos European duo of Artyom Minulin and Aleksi Heponiemi are joined by Tyler Steenbergen as the Swift Current players cracking the top 70 among North American skaters. Aleksi Heponiemi moved up to 26 from his midterm ranking...

Average farmland values in Canada continued to climb in 2016, but lost steam in most provinces, including Saskatchewan, according to Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) latest Farmland Values Report. Canada’s farmland values showed an average increase of 7.9 per cent in 2016, compared to a 10.1 per cent increase in 2015 and a 14.3 per cent increase in 2014. Canadian farmland...

For the seventh year in a row Liam is the most popular name for baby boys born in Saskatchewan. eHealth Saskatchewan released the most popular baby name list from the 15,674 live births registered in Saskatchewan during 2016. Saskatchewan’s birth total is up 177 from Saskatchewan’s 2015 total of 15,497 babies. This past year there were 73 baby boys named Liam,...

Kyle McIntyre will be serving as the Acting Director for the Chinook School Division for the upcoming year. McIntyre moves up from his Deputy Director position to serve at the helm of the Chinook School Division while Liam Choo-Foo completes a one year secondment with the Ministry of Education. McIntyre, who has served as Deputy Director since August 2009, has had...