Swift Current News

A wave of orange moved through Swift Current's downtown core this morning as local participants took a stand against child sexual abuse during the inaugural Victor Walk.

Swift Current RCMP are seeking the motorist responsible for a hit and run which sent a Swift Current jogger to hospital.

An owner of a hardware store in the southwestern Saskatchewan city believes the same culprit is responsible for repeatedly reorganizing the letters on his store sign into inappropriate, and often rude, phrases.

As well, research on cattle, previously done in Lethbridge, Alberta, will be consolidated with the existing research office in Swift Current.

Swift Current City Council gave unanimous approval to a motion to draft a letter of interest expressing Swift Current's desire to host the Saskatchewan Summer Games in 2016.

Earlier this afternoon the wind warning was issued for the Shaunavon - Maple Creek - Val Marie - Cypress Hills, plus the Leader - Gull Lake forecast regions.

So, you would think when the price at the pump jumped to 125.9 a litre in Swift Current on May 9, that we wouldn't bat an eye.

The STC route connecting Swift Current and Eastend, and Eastend and Mossbank, is on the chopping block as a result of low ridership.

The shop space at Legault Manufacturing in Swift Current does not sit idle for long, as workers are busy meeting the demands of a pair of seasonal products.

The Midnight Roses, four talented young women with a refreshing combination of vibrant vocals and stunning, gritty bluegrass harmonies, are preparing to launch their first album, , after a "whirlwind of activity" following their first prize win at last year's Big Dog 92.7 Regina's Next Big Thing contest.

Honourary Air Force Colonel Pamela Wallin was the Reviewing Officer at the annual ceremonial review of the Swift Current Cadets on May 4. Senator Pamela Wallin delivered a passionate endorsement of Canada's military and the Cadet program during a special ceremony in Swift Current on Saturday.

Theresa Sokyrka will be in Swift Current on May 11 performing at Urban Ground for her third show in three nights to launch her Prairie Winds Tour.

Swift Current will be a swinging place on Friday when a five-member jazz group stops at the Lyric Theatre as part of the second annual SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival Provincial Tour.

When you start working at a new job, you hit the typical introduction points - where you live, what you're into, and, inevitably, where you're from.

A golden retriever looks outside in Toronto, Thursday, April 25, 2013. According to Stanley Coren, author of "Do Dogs Dream?" and professor emeritus of psychology at the University of British Columbia, diagnosing anxiety, depression and other mental illnesses in dogs isn't unusual because they share a similar neurochemistry to humans.

The Swift Current Allied Arts Council is pleased that two stars of Canadian musical theatre, Michael Burgess and Rebecca Caine, will be the ninth and final performance for the 2012-2013 season of Stars for Saskatchewan on May 1. Burgess and Caine, two of Canada's most luminous performing artists, have joined together to create musical theatre ... (more)

The April sale of petroleum and natural gas rights brought in $7.7 million in revenue for the province.