Ryan Dahlman
The Swift Current 57’s Baseball Club have announced a partnership with the Vic-tory Boxing Club to honor a long time supporter of both clubs by combining efforts to host the Earl Monkman Memorial Boxing Card later this month at Mitchell Field.
The event, presented by Redhead Equipment, is scheduled to take place on Saturday, September 23 at 6 p.m. under...
A focus on supporting Canada’s wounded warriors was highlighted during the Invictus Games National Flag Tour which stopped in Swift Current on Monday afternoon.
Swift Current was one of the stops on the coast-to-coast Flag Tour which includes stops at 22 military bases, 15 Legions and over 50 communities in advance of the 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto on September...
The first two hopefuls in the Saskatchewan New Democrats leadership race had a chance to visit with local supporters during a Swift Current NDP Constituency BBQ on August 21.
MLAs Ryan Meili and Trent Wotherspoon attended the BBQ during one of the early events on the leadership campaign trail. The Saskatchewan New Democrats will select a new leader at a...
An investigation is underway to determine the cause of a fatal plane crash just east of the Swift Current Airport on Thursday night.
The Swift Current Rural RCMP confirmed that the two occupants of the plane were pronounced deceased at the scene.
A small, single engine plane took off from the Swift Current Airport at 7:04 p.m., and crashed approximately one...
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is sending a team of investigators to gather information following a small aircraft accident just east of the Swift Current Airport.
Emergency and fire crews responded to the accident between 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Thursday night.
At current time there are no other details of the incident.
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A total of $5.9 million in additional supports are being provided by the provincial government to help combat crime in rural Saskatchewan.
A total of 258 additional officers with arrest and detention powers will be deployed province wide through the creation of the new Protection and Response Team. The initiative was adopted by the province following the release of a...
A chance to photograph a total solar eclipse was too tempting an opportunity for Swift Current’s Craig Hilts to pass up.
Traditionally a storm chaser who has captured a series of impressive tornado images, Hilts is hoping for clear skies when he travels 1,000 kilometres south to take eclipse photographs from the path of totality on Monday, August 21.
“I’m pretty...
Gull Lake’s Cenotaph park now features a lasting recognition of the sacrifice made by Captain Keith Mirau.
The commemorative plaque was unveiled during a special event on August 9, with the ceremony also the first time the community has been able to gather after Gull Lake Town Council proclaimed every August 9 as Captain Keith Mirau Day.
On August 9, 1974,...
Saskatchewan Premier and Swift Current MLA Brad Wall will be retiring as Saskatchewan’s Premier as soon as the Sask Party elects a new leader.
Wall announced his intention to step down as Saskatchewan Premier in a video message earlier this morning. He will also be retiring from elected politics when a replacement is in place.
Wall was elected Saskatchewan Premier during...
Members of the Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society began a journey from Swift Current to Battleford this past Thursday, retracing the route of The Swift Current - Battleford Trail which served as a significant trail which linked the communities during the founding of the prairies.
The 18-day trek will feature a group of walkers travelling 330 kilometres along a route...