Shawn Mullin

An information picket by healthcare workers yesterday in Swift Current drew attention to their contract status.

SEIU-West members have now been without a contract for 28 months.

A recent trend of contraband cigarette seizures in the Swift Current area has caught the attention of the National Coalition Against Contraband Tobacco.

On July 15th, the RCMP seized 500,000 illicit cigarettes from a vehicle on Highway #1.

Police seized 500,000 illicit cigarettes at a stop near Swift Current.

Saskatchewan RCMP's Roving Traffic Unit was making what they called a proactive patrol on July 15, 2025 near Swift Current.

Police say they pulled over a vehicle on Highway #1, which was carrying the cigarettes, approximately 5 kgs of illicit cannabis and approximately 292 grams of cocaine.

They arrested 63-year-old Colette Ripper from Calgary, AB.

The RCMP noted that Ripper claimed to be travelling from Alberta to Saskatchewan.

She is charged with:

An Alberta woman has been arrested and charged in connection with break-ins at southern Saskatchewan post offices.

Leader RCMP arrested 44-year-old Tessa Sakowsky from Clandonald, AB, after a traffic stop this Wednesday on Highway 32.

Police say the arrest was part of an ongoing break-and-enter investigation.

Their report noted officers located and seized multiple documents and credit cards belonging to people from southern Saskatchewan.

Infants aged six months to 11 months can now get a dose of the measles vaccine.

Saskatchewan is making the vaccine available to younger children in areas with measles cases and a high chance of exposure.

That's for children who live in, are traveling to, or have contact with individuals in areas where there is a high risk of measles exposure.

Police are looking for information after a copper theft from a SaskPower property in the RM of Sask Landing.

The Swift Current Rural RCMP received a report on May 5th of a theft over $5000.

Their investigation determined that a suspect or suspects cut a lock on a SaskPower gate property to steal the copper.

After three overdoses and a death, local police are warning of a dangerous illicit drug circulating in the Swift Current area.

Swift Current Municipal RCMP reported on May 20, 2025, that they were dispatched to assist EMS at three calls where individuals were suffering overdose symptoms.

One person was declared deceased by medical personnel.

A Hazlet student has achieved both a huge honour and opportunity from the University of Calgary.

Braden Baumann, a Grade 12 student at Hazlet school, received the Kennedy Scholars Academic Excellence Scholarship from the University of Calgary.

He is the only student from outside of Calgary to get this scholarship this year.

The partnership between local RCMP Constable Tony Curti and Lanna Koethler has been immortalized.

The two work together on presentations to kids about addiction.

Their story is written about in Why We Serve - Stories of Today's RCMP Members by the National Police Federation.

If you feel like water levels are low at Lake Diefenbaker, the Water Security Agency views it as mostly par for the course.