Ryan Dahlman
Swift Current ratepayers are facing a 2.9 per cent tax increase for 2019 after Swift Current City Council approved their 2019 budget at their December 17 meeting.
The 2.9 per cent increase translates to a $49 per year tax increase, or $4.07 per month. The 2019 budget is forecasting $63,497,980 in total revenue compared to the 2018 forecast of $61,875,268.
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The Swift Current Branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association has won top prize in the iA Financial Group’s second annual Canada-wide philanthropic contest.
In a surprise unveiling on Tuesday afternoon, iA Financial Group presented the grand prize cheque for $125,000 to a group of shocked CMHA staff and members.
“That’s incredible,” Jacqui Williams, Executive Director of CMHA Swift Current said...
A full three weeks after last being seen, the Swift Current Municipal RCMP Detachment has expanded their efforts in their missing persons investigation into the whereabouts of Colton Koop.
The RCMP Underwater Recovery Team conducted an additional search of the Swift Current Creek yesterday and today, and RCMP are again asking for the public’s assistance in learning anything about Koop’s...
Members of the Swift Current Comprehensive High School Fine Arts Department are putting the final rehearsal touches on their roles this week before they raise the curtain on a five performance run of The Sound of Music on December 5.
The full cast, pit orchestra, and crew held their first dress rehearsal on November 25, as they complete their final...
2019 will get off to a humorous start when writer, comedian, podcaster and film director Kevin Smith appears at the Living Sky Casino on January 19.
Players Club Presale Tickets go on sale Tuesday morning at 10 a.m., with general ticket sales launching at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 7.
Smith has written and directed numerous films, including Clerks, Chasing Amy,...
The Salvation Army bells started ringing for the first time on November 24 as the Swift Current Salvation Army began their 2018 Christmas Campaign.
A kick off event was held at the Swift Current Mall last Saturday to begin an intensive 30 day fundraising drive as they take aim at a $220,000 fundraising goal. These funds support the Salvation Army...
Innovation Credit Union has stepped forward as a Patron Level Sponsor for the 2019 Western Canada Summer Games in August.
During a cheque presentation on Friday, Innovation made a $25,000 financial sponsorship for the Games, with this contribution giving them naming rights for the Athletes’ Village which will host the approximately 1,700 athletes who will be participating in the 16...
The Swift Current branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association is rallying community support behind their efforts to win top prize in a national contest.
The Swift Current CMHA has been named one of 10 finalists in the iA Financial Group’s Canada-wide philanthropic contest which boasts a $125,000 grand prize. Just by earning a spot among the finalists has guaranteed...
A major fund-raising effort is underway to assist Swift Current Fire Chief Darren McClelland undergo cancer treatments in Mexico.
An amazing outpouring of generosity has occurred for McClelland as he is under going a 21-day long alternative treatment in Tijuana, Mexico. As of midnight on Monday, the campaign had raised $61,615 of an $80,000 goal.
Earlier this year McClelland took over...
The Dr. Noble Irwin Regional Healthcare Foundation is flying their colours this week in recognition of their efforts to improve healthcare across the entire Southwest.
Swift Current City Council proclaimed the week of October 28 to November 3 proclaimed as We Care for Healthcare Week to salute the impact of the Healthcare Foundation’s efforts over the years.
“The Dr. Noble Irwin...