Ryan Dahlman
Making the decisions necessary to keep Swift Current moving in the right direction has prompted Bruce Deg to seek a second term on Swift Current City Council during the upcoming civic election.
Deg was first elected in 2016 and says that over the past four years the city has made some good strides forward.
Wayne Cormier is running on a platform of pro-growth while also advocating that the taxpayer needs a break from continued tax increases.
The second time Swift Current City Council candidate will advocate for a zero per cent tax increase for 2021 and 2022 if he is elected.
Cormier, who serves as...
Maria Rose Lewans makes no apologies for the extreme environmental measures she is advocating for in her current run for municipal government.
Lewans is one of 18 candidates seeking a spot on Swift Current City Council, but she is again taking aim at the city needing to implement a series of societal changes in...
Ricardo Morin is taking a third run at a seat on Swift Current City Council.In a media release about his campaign, Morin said he is taking a stand to end the insanity of unsustainable tax and utility increases.
“I would vote for a freeze on property taxes and utility rates in 2021,” Morin stated...
A jump in positive COVID-19 cases throughout Saskatchewan is prompting Saskatchewan health officials to make an additional push to encourage mask use as an additional tool in slowing the spread of COVID-19.
Over the past two days the province has recorded 110 positive COVID-19 cases, with 66 cases announced on Monday and an additional...
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...