Ryan Dahlman
A jump in COVID-19 cases across Saskatchewan has prompted a Public Health order to reduce gatherings in private residences to a maximum of 15 people effective on Friday, October 16.
The reduction from the previous maximum allowing gathering size of 30 people comes in response to a six-day total of 187 new cases which...
The staff of the Southwest Booster was both humbled and excited to learn this past Thursday that the Booster will be formally inducted into the Swift Current Business Excellence Hall of Fame during the SCBEX Awards on October 23.
The news was delivered during a surprise visit from Swift Current and District Chamber of...
There were lots of smiles when Great West Auto/Bumper to Bumper was recognized as the Chamber’s Member Business of the Year during a surprise announcement last Thursday.
Karla Wiens, CEO of the Swift Current and District Chamber of Commerce, noted that this highlight award is a salute from the Chamber’s business community and a...
Swift Current author Bonnie Dunlop has waded into the novel genre with her debut historical novel Raft Baby.
The award winning writer burst onto the literary scene in 2004 with The Beauty Box, and that debut collection of short stories earned her a Saskatchewan First Book Award (2004). She followed up with the short...
Local members from SEIU-West held a 90 minute demonstration in front of the Cypress Regional Hospital on September 17 to highlight the impacts of not having a collective agreement sine March 2017.
The demonstration was conducted primarily over the noon hour in order to raise a series of ongoing concerns which have been caused...
In their first ever virtual reveal on Thursday night, the Swift Current and District Chamber of Commerce unveiled the list of finalists for the 22nd annual Swift Current Business Excellence Awards.
During a YouTube live event on September 17 the Chamber unveiled the 24 award finalists and two special recognition award winners.
Long-time city resident and business owner Al Bridal is taking a run at Swift Current’s top chair after announcing he will be running for mayor during the upcoming municipal election November 9.
Bridal, a former two-term City Council member in the late 1990s and early 2000s, feels his lengthy service in the community has...
When Chinook School Division students return to classes next week they can also anticipate returning to fields and courts in pursuit of their favourite athletic endeavours. But that return will be significantly different from previous years.
Chinook’s Director of Education Kyle McIntyre said work is occurring in order for students to be able to...
The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Swift Current Branch is embarking on an exciting fundraising effort in order to construct a new facility.
Having outgrown their current location at 176 4th Ave. N.W. after calling it home over the past 24 years, the Swift Current Branch has purchased a double lot on 5th Ave....
After tackling a walk halfway across Canada in 2018, Kevin Redsky has now passed through the Southwest on his way to the British Columbia coast to complete his Hope in the Darkness walk.
Redsky left from Winnipeg on July 15 and is aiming to complete a 90 day walk in Vancouver on October 12...