Southwest Booster Staff

Justin LaBrash and his band True North will be travelling across the province to take the stage for a benefit concert in support of victims from the Wildfires which swept across the Southwest last month. The country artist from Lumsden will be performing an all ages concert at the Cabri Community Hall starting at 5 p.m. on Saturday, November 4....

Submitted It’s an out-of-this-world original sci-fi musical adventure in the Missoula Children’s Theatre’s adaptation of Gulliver’s Travels. With his spaceship wrecked and his trusty computer on the fritz, brave explorer Gulliver finds himself lost in space. While transporting from world to world, Gulliver discovers fighting aliens, foolish Yahoos, robots and more – all who need just as much help from Gulliver...

Southwest communities are bracing for more extreme winds as a strong weather system roars across the province today and tomorrow. Environment Canada has issued Wind Warnings for most of Alberta, with that warning of high winds extended into the Shaunavon - Maple Creek - Val Marie - Cypress Hills forecast region. The weather warning notes that the strongest winds associated with...

The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association has launched a wildfire relief fund to help ranchers affected by devastating wildfires this fall. “We’re collecting donations of cash, hay, feed, trucking – whatever people can offer,” said SSGA President Shane Jahnke. “The fires destroyed animals, buildings, fields, feed and everything else in their way. Miles of fencing were destroyed. With winter coming, there’s...

A 13-year-old youth is facing a total of seven charges after taking a pistol to a Swift Current school and twice pointing the firearm. Swift Current Municipal RCMP received a complaint on Saturday, October 14 that a male youth brought a firearm to a school in Swift Current. A second complaint was also received about the incident. The youth appeared in...

Residents across the Southwest continue to assess the impact of last night’s extreme winds which downed power lines and created property damage throughout the province. The winds, caused by an intense low pressure system which roared across Alberta and Saskatchewan, reached near tornado strength levels. Moose Jaw recorded the strongest gust in the province at 131 kilometres per hour, while Swift...

Southern Saskatchewan is expected to experience gusts as high as 90 kilometres per hour as an intense low pressure system moves across Saskatchewan on Tuesday. Environment Canada issued wind warnings for all of southern Alberta on Monday, plus special weather statements in southern Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba in advance of the extreme winds. Strong winds are expected to develop in the...

A simulated emergency scenario will be hosted at the Swift Current Airport on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 11. The emergency exercise is part of a federal requirement for the Swift Current Airport to conduct full-scale testing of its Emergency Response Plan (ERP). Wednesday’s exercise will occur at the Swift Current Airport grounds, and will include the participation of various agencies...

Two more individuals are now facing second degree murder charges in relation to the November 2016 death of Logan Ring. Colin Perrault, 49, turned himself into the Swift Current Municipal RCMP Detachment on Thursday, where he was arrested and charged with one count of second degree murder. Todd Donaldson, 48, was arrested at a Swift Current business site on Thursday and...

A third person has been charged with second degree murder in the November 2016 death of Logan Ring. Jolene Denise Epp, 38, was arrested at a residence in Swift Current at approximately 3:46 on Wednesday afternoon and was charged with one count of second degree murder. She made her first appearance in Swift Current Provincial court on Thursday morning. The...