Tara Garcia

Those interested in volunteering or learning more about MyCityCare will have the opportunity at their open house this Thursday at 6:30pm at Great Plains College

Tom Weppler from My city Care provides details. 

"Were inviting those that are interested as a kind of recruitment for MyCityCare. You may have heard about MyCityCare or you haven't heard about MyCityCare were giving you an invitation to come down to Great Plains College."

The annual Arnal Boys 3 on 3 Memorial Hockey Tournament and their annual bursaries serve as a time of reflection, healing and helping for the Arnal family. 

Applications for the Arnal Boys Memorial Bursary for young farmers are being accepted until February 1st and Chantal Henderson family member and one of the directors of the bursaries provides further details.

A bi-annual sold out event returns January 30th to the Living Sky Casino with the upcoming Durrum Summit. 

Chairperson for the summit Robert Chapman details why it makes sense for the event to be held here in Swift Current. 

"When you look at the durum area in Western Canada and you wonder why people want to come to an event in Swift Current, there's about six million acres growing in Western Canada. A little over a million in Southern Alberta and the rest in Saskatchewan. And within 200km of Swift Current you will find half that acreage."

Bula Ghosh of Great Plains College, Tekeyla Friday of the Chinook Regional Library, and Cortney Reynolds of Southwest Mobile Learning attended the most recent city council meeting to proclaim Jan26th to Feb 1st as Family Literacy Week. 

Ghosh provided details on this year's theme.

"This year's theme is "Learn To Grow Together" which focuses on raising awareness about the responsibility of taking care of the environment."

We here at Goldenwest Broadcasting are hungry and want to shine a light on our local rink burgers with the South West Rink Burger All-Stars Presented by SWT. 

From now until February 2nd head to Swift Current Online and click on the South West Rink Burger All-Stars page and enter to tell us where you believe we can the the best South West rink burger. 

We will then send out our highly qualified taste testers to your suggested locations to taste the local cusine. 

We at Goldenwest Radio love love and we are giving you a chance to celebrate your love just in time for Valentines day. 

Head over to Swift Current Online and click on the We LOVE love page and enter for your chance to win. 

Tell us how you met, how long you have been together, what you love about your partner. You can even send us a photo of you both and if you fancy it record a valentines greeting for your love that we will play on the air. 

This morning we called and notified our lastest Ticket Takeoff winner that they were off to see SLOAN at the Esplanade Jan 25th and that winner was Cody. 

Not only does Cody get a pair of tickets to the show but he also receives a one-night stay at the Super 8 in Medicine Hat. 

Your next chance to win with the Ticket Takeoff has already begun!

Head over to the page and enter to win a pair of tickets to Piano Heist (Nico Rhodes & Patrick Courtin) coming to the Esplanade on February 10th. 

Moose Jaw will be welcoming the BKT World Men's Curling Championship from March 29th-April 6th and Magic 97.1 and Country 94.1 are giving you a chance to win a pair of tickets to the Canadian Draws on opening weekend each week day morning this week. 

Canada will play in the opening draw Saturday, March 29, at 2 p.m. against Japan, and will be back on the ice that evening at 7 p.m. against Germany, before closing out the opening weekend Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. against South Korea.

The Western Canadian Crop Production Show takes place this week from January 14th-16th at the World Trade Center in Saskatoon and CKSW 570/CJSN 1490 and Country 94.1 along with Full Line Ag are giving you a chance to win your way there. 

Starting today text the word "CROP" to 306-778-3247 or the Full Line Ag textline 306-773-0941 along with your name to enter to win a pair of tickets as well as a fuel card courtesy of Full Line Ag. 

One winner will be drawn each day  Monday through Wednesday.

So text in for your chance to win. 

Put on your leg warmers and dancing shoes and get ready to ring in 2025 80's style at the Living Sky Casino New Years Eve party featuring RetroStatix. 

Group member Lou Fontaine provides details on the groups musical flashback genre.

"We do alot of the stuff from the 80's. The stuff that was popular and the stuff you love to dance to. Not only is it fun to be a part of the crowd but it's also fun for us to play these tunes."