Southwest Booster Staff

The Highway Hotline is listing Travel Not Recommended advisories on roads leading out of Swift Current and across much of the Southwest for Sunday night. The Southwest has been under a Snowfall Warning for much of Sunday, and the Environment Canada forecast was calling for up to 10 centimetres of snow during the evening hours. Additional snowfall is expected across...

A large portion of Saskatchewan is currently under a Snowfall Warning, with Environment Canada calling for up to 15 to 20 centimetres of snow Sunday and Monday. In the Southwest, the warning is in place for the Swift Current - Herbert - Cabri - Kyle - Lucky Lake, plus the Shaunavon - Maple Creek - Val Marie - Cypress Hills...

While a major winter storm is forecast to sweep through Alberta on Friday, Environment Canada is now advising of the potential of snow and blowing snow having an impact in Saskatchewan. Environment Canada has extended a Winter Storm Watch for west central portions of the province including Lloydminster, North Battleford, Saskatoon, Kindersley, through to the Leader-Gull Lake, plus the Swift Current...

The saying ‘good things come to those who wait’ is certainly applicable for a Mankota couple who won a lottery prize nine months after the ticket draw. Brent and Joan Baron from Mankota won $228,799.70 on the April 21, 2017 Lotto Max draw, but they did not check their ticket until early January to find out they were a major...

Shaunavon resident Donelda Hassman is $500,000 richer after winning one of the MaxMillion prizes during the December 15 Lotto Max draw. While no ticket matched the $60 million grand prize on December 15, there were five winning numbers among the 15 MaxMillion prizes which were drawn that Friday. Hassman’s numbers, 5, 14, 33, 36, 40, 41 and 46, matched a...

A single vehicle rollover near Morse on Friday night has claimed the life of a Moose Jaw woman. Morse RCMP report that at 10:05 p.m. on February 23, a vehicle rolled over while travelling on the TransCanada Highway just east of Morse. A 23-year-old woman from Moose Jaw was declared deceased at the scene, while four other occupants of the...

The following is an open letter to the constituents of Swift Current. Thank you. These words seems wholly inadequate to their intended task to somehow express my gratitude for the humbling opportunity you have given me since 1999 of serve as your MLA. I have done my best to give a voice to your views priorities and to advocate for those...

Val Marie set a new low temperature record this morning when the mercury plunged all the way to -43.6 Celsius. Monday morning’s low temperature eclipsed the previous record of -32.2 Celsius set in 1949. It also ranks as the coldest February 12 in Val Marie since records were first kept in 1939. Val Marie was the only community to post a...

SGI As hard as it is to believe, there are still some people who don’t wear a seatbelt. Police reported more than 3,700 offences for failing to wear a seatbelt last year. This is in spite of Saskatchewan’s seatbelt law being 40 years old, countless TV ads with crash test dummies flying through windshields, and vehicles that buzz or ding annoyingly...

Swift Current City RCMP RCMP are requesting the public's assistance in locating 37 year old Travis Alexander Lozowchuk. Lozowchuk is wanted by police in relation to an outstanding warrant for his arrest. He is charged with the following offences: 1. Trafficking Fentanyl, contrary to Section 5(1) Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, 2. Trafficking Cocaine, contrary to Section 5(1) Controlled Drugs and Substances...