Ryan Dahlman

Juno Award winning musician Laila Biali will be sharing new songs from her soon to be released album during a special Blenders concert at the Art Gallery of Swift Current on February 15. Biali, who was previously in Swift Current back in October 2017, is currently touring in support of the album Out of Dust which will be released...

Swift Current Fire Department personnel contained a fire at a business at 1960 Greenbelt Street in Swift Current following a seven hour firefighting effort in extreme cold temperatures last night and early this morning. A total of 15 full-time and nine auxiliary firefighters attended the fire call at 1960 Greenblat Street last night when...

Members of the Swift Current Fire Department had to endure sub -30 Celsius temperatures on Wednesday night while responding to a fire near the corner of 19th Ave. N.E. and Walker St. in Swift Current. Additional details will be provided when they are available.

The Swift Current Broncos could not hold onto a 3-1 third period lead while falling to the visiting Calgary Hitmen 4-3 in a shootout on Wednesday night. Calgary's Josh Prokop scored the lone shootout goal to complete the comeback for the Hitmen who outshot the Broncos by a 53-22 margin. Cael...

The Swift Current Municipal RCMP have received a number of complaints about individuals going through vehicles on Prestwick Drive in Swift Current. One vehicle had a backpack with a wallet that had been taken. In other vehicles nothing was taken, but owners know that their vehicles had been gone through. In these cases, the...

Southwest Saskatchewan had a remarkable second decade of the millennium. The headlines in the Southwest Booster from January 2010 to December 2019 captured many of these significant milestones and achievements in communities across the Southwest. The world came calling to Swift Current’s doorstep three times, with the city hosting the World Women’s Curling Championships in both...

Swift Current homeowners can expect to pay approximately $68 more in city taxes this year as a result of increases approved in the 2020 Swift Current municipal budget. Council unanimously approved an increase of 1.75 per cent in their capital budget, and a 2.18 per cent increase in the operating budget. The 3.93 per cent increase, based on...

A heightened focus on the Close to the Heart Campaign is underway as the Dr. Noble Irwin Regional Healthcare Foundation takes aim at completing a $350,000 fundraising initiative to buy a new digital mammography unit for the Cypress Regional Hospital. Foundation members attended the October 21 Swift Current City Council meeting in order to help proclaim We Care For...

Sports fans will have an opportunity to watch an elite group of international prospects when the 2019 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge comes to Swift Current on November 2 to 9. Swift Current and Medicine Hat are co-hosts of the 22 game event which features a trio of Canadian teams facing off against teams from Russia, Finland, Sweden, the United...

The Swift Current Broncos lit the lamp first but certainly not the most in a 5-1 loss to the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings on Saturday night. Forward Brecon Wood got the Broncos on the board just 5:15 into the game to give Swift Current their only lead of the contest. Just...