Southwest Booster Staff
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Over the past few months, CURLSASK's Staff and Return to Play Committee have been working tirelessly to ensure Saskatchewan curlers and clubs can safely return to the ice. We are pleased to release these guidelines to support the safe return for curling clubs, volunteers, event organizers and individual curlers. The underlying principles of the guidelines are physical...
The Swift Current Municipal RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 28-year-old Denny Ristine, who was last seen on August 16 in Swift Current.
Denny’s family have been unable to contact him and have reported Denny as missing.
Ristine is described as: 168 cm, 80 kg, Caucasian, short blonde...
The City of Swift Current has been informed that it was unsuccessful in its applications for funding through the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Grant Program (ICIP) for Federal and Provincial Government assistance for its proposed Integrated Leisure Facility and Wastewater Collection and Expansion Upgrades Projects.
The applications for funding were prepared and submitted by...
The Swift Current Library is excited to announce Phase 2 of our planned public reopening on Monday, August 24th.
We are implementing safe reopening protocols, and as long as we continue to feel that our staff and the general public will be safe, we will reopen on that date. Our public opening hours, starting...
On Saturday, August 8, 2020, at approximately 2 a.m., Swift Current Rural RCMP conducted a traffic stop on an SUV travelling east on Highway 1 near Waldeck, SK, for a Vehicle Equipment Regulation (VER) violation.
During the course of the vehicle stop, a simple equipment violation turned into a drug trafficking and possession investigation...
Both the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation and Education Critic Carla Beck quickly weighed in on the Government of Saskatchewan’s Safe Schools Plan: Level Two Guidance, which was released on Tuesday.
The STF statement reads as follows:
"The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation remains concerned about the inconsistency between school re-opening plans and the guidelines...
The Government of Saskatchewan, Education’s Response Planning Team (RPT) and Public Health guidelines are being updated to support the safe return of children to school.
The province and Saskatchewan’s Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab have provided additional guidance for divisions wishing to move to Level 2.
This guidance is...
While the Western Hockey League remains committed to playing a full 68-game season, the league has pushed back the starting date into December due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
After previously announcing an early October start to the 2020-21 regular season, the league announced on Thursday that the beginning of the regular season would be...
The Swift Current Broncos announced today they have signed 2020 CHL Import Draft pick Vladislav Demidovich to a Western Hockey League Standard Player Agreement. He was selected 63rd overall in the June 30 draft.
“He’s a player that brings size up front and a willingness to go to the net,” Broncos head coach and...
Dr. David Torr, Medical Health Officer, Saskatchewan Health Authority, has declared an outbreak of COVID-19 at Prairie Wind Estate personal care home in Herbert. An individual associated with this personal care home tested positive for COVID-19.
The SHA is conducting a public health investigation to identify and contain any risk of further spread. Staff...