Ryan Dahlman
After months of behind the scenes work since the project was first announced in June 2015, the Chinook Power Station is gearing up for a spring construction start.
The 350 megawatt natural gas-fired power plant, which will be located northeast of Swift Current, is scheduled to be completed by late 2019.
Premier Brad Wall and SaskPower President and CEO Mike Marsh...
The number of individuals who are Youth Certified through the Safe Places Initiative continues to grow.
This week marks the one year anniversary of the launch of the Safe Places Initiative in the City of Swift Current, and a total of over 800 people have completed the training.
Recently, all dozen staff at Anchor Dental Group celebrated having become Youth Certified.
“We...
A four goal explosion during a 2:16 span late in the second period sparked the Swift Current Broncos to a dominant 8-3 win over the visiting Kootenay Ice.
Swift Current was slow out of the gate and actually trailed by a 2-1 count before taking over the contest.
Tyler Steenbergen was the Broncos spark plug in the win, scoring twice and...
Former Cypress Health Region CEO Beth Vachon has been given the duty of being the lead person in change of Saskatchewan’s transition to a single health authority.
Vachon was appointed to the new position the day after Provincial Health Minister Jim Reiter adopted all of the recommendations contained in the Health System Structure Report tabled by the Saskatchewan Advisory Panel.
Vachon...
All residential and commercial property owners in Swift Current will be receiving Revaluation Notices from the City of Swift Current Assessment Department this week.
Swift Current is at the start of a provincially required revaluation update, a legislated requirement every four years. This allows property values to be updated to align with market values in order to establish an equal...
Swift Current Fire Department personnel quickly extinguished an accidental cooking fire on Sunday afternoon.
The Fire Department responded to a stove fire in an apartment in the zero block of Central Ave. N. shortly before 3 p.m. on Sunday. There was heavy smoke in the building when the fire fighters arrived, but damages were limited to three cooking appliances and...
The Cypress Regional Hospital had to wait until the third day of 2017 before the arrival of Swift Current’s first baby.
Swift Current’s 2017 New Year’s Baby arrived early Tuesday morning when Odette Magnolia Boyer was born at 12:55 a.m. to proud parents Kim and Travis Boyer from Kyle. The new arrival weighed in at 9 lbs. 15 oz. Dr....
Cypress Regional Health Authority will consolidate with other 11 RHAs
Saskatchewan will move to a single Provincial Health Authority with a professional Health Authority Board as part of a sweeping series of consolidation changes for the existing 12 Regional Health Authorities.
Saskatchewan Health Minister Jim Reiter approved all of the recommendations proposed by the three-person Saskatchewan Advisory Panel on Health System...
A series of fee increases have been introduced for Saskatchewan’s Provincial Parks in advance of the 2017 camping season.
Following a record visitation year in 2016, the province has increased fees to meet higher operational costs associated with growing park visitations.
Nightly camping rates are increasing by $2 to $4, and vehicle entry passes are going up ranging from $8 to...
e Cypress Regional Health
Authority has approved a $1.57
million renovation project at
Leader’s Western Senior Cit-
izens Home, a construction
project which is separate from
the Integrated Health Facility
project.
Leader’s long-term care facil-
ity will receive a building wide
facelift. Among the scheduled
work will be new flooring,
painting, re-
freshing the
bathrooms
with new
vanities, im-
proved light-
ing fixtures,
along with
improved
kitchen fa-
cilities plus
replacing the
nursing sta-
tion with a
more modern
work station.
Ceiling lifts
will also be
added in each
room.
While...