Southwest Booster Staff

The importance of hand washing to your health is being highlighted today during Stop! Clean Your Hands Day. May 5 of each year is Stop! Clean Your Hands Day, with health officials taking the time to point out that while your hands may appear clean, they in fact carry many germs and pathogens. Washing your hands correctly with soap and...

Spring field work has been slowed by a cool and damp April, and producers across the Southwest have only completed two per cent of seeding work instead of the five year average of 15 per cent. With just pockets of seeding underway across the Southwest, the warm and dry weather expected this weekend will make a huge difference for farmers. According...

The Petroleum Services Association of Canada has issued a new forecast calling for a busier year of drilling activity. PSAC’s latest update to their 2017 Canadian Drilling Activity Forecast is anticipating 6,680 wells will be drilled this coming year, and increase of 2,505 wells from their previous forecast and a full 60 per cent increase from their original projection of...

A total of 42 teams took to the lanes at Frontier Bowling Lanes on Saturday to participate in the 30th annual Ability Bowl. The 230 participants were able to raise $70,696 during this fundraiser for the Saskatchewan Abilities Council, Swift Current Branch. Many of the teams dressed as their favourite rock stars during the Rock ’n’ Bowl themed event. “We are overwhelmed...

Highway #4 just south of Swift Current has been reopened following a fatal collision which occurred early this morning. RCMP report that a 25-year-old woman from Blumenort was pronounced deceased following a collision between two pick up trucks shortly after 8 a.m. this morning. Swift Current Rural RCMP were assisted by Swift Current Rural Fire Department in extinguishing a fire...

Editor: If your objectives are to protect public health and safety, keep marijuana out of the hands of minors and cut illegal profits flowing to organized crime—then the law as it stands today has been an abject failure. Law enforcement agencies in Canada spend an estimated $2 to $3 billion a year trying to fight pot, yet Canadian teenagers are among...

Prince Albert poet and writing instructor Lynda Monahan will take to the Write Out Loud stage on Wednesday, April 19. Monahan’s work has been published in numerous literary magazines and has been broadcast on CBC Radio and SCN Television. Her three books of poetry are A Slow Dance in the Flames, What My Body Knows, and Verge. Monahan has taught creative...

Colter Wall will be in Swift Current on May 5 to kick off a busy touring schedule in support of his debut full length recording. Wall will be performing a May 5 concert at the Lyric Theatre as the first of a long series of dates in his album release tour. His debut full length self titled album will be...

It’s not easy representing 150 years of Confederation on a single bank note. But the Bank of Canada’s new commemorative note does just that with a story about our history, land and culture. This new $10 note, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Confederation, was unveiled on April 7 and it will hit the streets starting June 1. For the first time,...

Spring is upon us and many have already begun spring cleaning processes. Please be reminded of the potential for exposure to Hantavirus. Hantavirus is a deadly disease transmitted by infected rodents through urine, droppings, or saliva. Most cases occur in the spring during cleaning when people may breathe in air borne particles. It is especially important to take precautions while...