Southwest Booster Staff
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CITY OF SWIFT CURRENT - As of 4 p.m. today (April 12), the City of Swift Current remains in the State of Emergency as the water levels of the Swift Current Creek continue to be high.
The current Swift Current Creek water levels match the flood events of 1997 and 2011, with the possibility...
Swift Current Mayor Al Bridal has reached out to city resident to share a message regarding the current state of emergency occurring in Swift Current caused by high flooding levels.His statement is as follows:
Dear Citizens of Swift Current,As you all know, yesterday at a Special Council Meeting, the City of Swift Current declared...
CITY OF SWIFT CURRENT - As of 8 a.m. today, the City of Swift Current remains in the State of Emergency as the water levels of the Swift Current Creek continue to be high.
It is anticipated that by mid-morning, as the temperatures warm, and in conjunction with the necessary release of water from...
The O.M. Irwin Ice girls basketball team won the league championship with a 65-37 win over the ECS Stars on March 9.
The girls went undefeated in league play, won the Speedy Creek Hoops Classic tournament in January and only lost one game all season at a grade 9 tournament in Medicine Hat in...
SHSAA SENIOR BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS
Big thanks to our Regional Basketball host schools (Herbert and Maple Creek). It is a lot of work to put on a regional tournament. With it being a four-day weekend for Chinook schools, it would have been even more of a challenge to find workers for games, booths and gates....
The top two seeds will meet in the Swift Current Curling Club – Innovation Credit Union Super League final on March 23.
Top seeded First Avenue Dental and second seeded Swift Plumbing & Heating won their playoff games on Thursday to advance to the March 2023 final.
March 16 results
SWAC BASKETBALL LEAGUES
The senior basketball league title games were played in Maple Creek on Tuesday, March 7. Maple Creek defeated Herbert 85-20 for the girls championship. Top scorer for Herbert was Rylee Schwartz seven points. Top scorers for Maple Creek were Sage Portz with 28 points, Savannah Frey with 21 points, and Sierra...
SWAC BASKETBALL LEAGUES
The senior league championship game will be played in Maple Creek on Tuesday, March 7. #1 Maple Creek will play #2 Herbert girls and #1 Maple Creek boys will play #2 Vanguard boys for the league title.
The junior basketball league final between #1 Shaunavon boys and #2...
The Swift Current Curling Club - Innovation Credit Union Super League completed its seventh week of action on Feb. 23 with four games in the 10-team league. The GeoVerra and Swift Plumbing & Heating rinks lead the league with 5-2 records.
February 23 results:
GH Well Services defeated Swift Plumbing &...
A cold Arctic airmass has dipped into the Southwest, plunging the entire province into a Extreme Cold Warning on February 22.
The Southwest had not met the threshold to be included into the warning range until late this afternoon, but Environment Canada has now extended an Extreme Cold Warning for all of Saskatchewan for...