Ryan Dahlman
The 29th annual Southwest Crisis Services Duck Derby is hoping to soar higher thanks to some attractive prize packages and new ticket sale methods.
While doing away with paper tickets, Duck Derby tickets are now on sale on-line (http://swcrisis.ca/duck-derby) plus via handheld terminals across the region. Supporters can now purchase a single ticket for $10 or three tickets for $20.
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Andrew Hiltz, the 2017 Saskatchewanderer, continues to be amazed by what he finds while exploring the province.
Hiltz, who spoke at Tourism Swift Current’s seventh annual 49˚ by 110˚ Spring Conference on April 28, has been on the job four months photographing, videoing, and blogging about the best of Saskatchewan.
“My job has been coined as the greatest job in the...
April 29 was a perfect day for a run in the park, with over 80 individuals participating in the 2017 Prpick BO$$ Mother Earth Run/Walk.
Participants were invited to run or walk along a one, two, five or 10 kilometre course along the Chinook Pathway from a starting point at Elmwood Park. Partial proceeds of the race were donated in...
McHappy Day is being hosted today at the McDonald’s restaurant in Swift Current as a celebration of four decades of providing smiles through Ronald McDonald House Charities locations across Canada.
The Canadian-born McHappy Day fundraiser will be held all day Wednesday, May 3rd, and $1 from every hot McCafé beverage, Happy Meal and Big Mac will support RMHC and other...
A party was hosted in downtown Swift Current on April 29 to celebrate the restoration of funding to Saskatchewan’s library system.
Saturday's 90 minute celebration featured music, a series of speeches, appearances by Shimmer the Donkey and Talla from Read to a Dog, plus a group Story Time reading by Anthea Loran.
The library supporters gathered in Market Square on Saturday...
April 30 will mark the five year anniversary of the launch of STARS (Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service) in Saskatchewan skies.
STARS has quickly become a vital link in Saskatchewan’s emergency medical services network, working in conjunction with ground ambulances and fixed wing aircraft in getting critically injured and ill patients quickly to emergency rooms in Regina and Saskatoon.
Since beginning...
A number of Cypress Health Region volunteers had an opportunity to have some kindness directed their way during the Region’s 2017 Volunteer Appreciation Tea in Swift Current.
Wednesday’s volunteer recognition event was one of a series of appreciation opportunities the Cypress Health Region is hosting as part of National Volunteer Week during April 23 to 29.
The tea was an opportunity...
A continued mandate of improving healthcare across the Southwest despite the changing healthcare landscape was a featured message during the Dr. Noble Irwin Regional Healthcare Foundation’s annual meeting.
Clay Thompson, Executive Director of the Healthcare Foundation, noted that he expects that the mandate of the Foundation will remain exactly the same, or even increase in importance, as the province completes...
A small but vocal gathering was held in front of Premier Brad Wall’s Swift Current constituency office on April 21 protesting both the impact of budget cuts and the potential implications of privatizing the Crown Corporations.
Approximately 30 people attended the noon hour rally last Friday, with the impact of provincial government budget cuts the main focus of the rally.
Neil...
A party is being thrown in Swift Current on April 29 to celebrate the provincial government’s decision to restore funding to Saskatchewan libraries.
Saturday’s celebration, organized by the Friends of the Swift Current Branch Library, will begin at 12:30 p.m. outside Premier Brad Wall’s Swift Current constituency office. Participants will enjoy music, guest speakers, and the hour long celebration will...