Hayden Michaels

Today marks the Winter Solstice, the shortest, and possibly one of the coldest, days of the year.

The Winter Solstice is the point in time when daylight hours have the smallest duration. After today, days will get longer again, get longer again, adding more daylight back into everyone's lives.

Terri Lang, a meteorologist for Environment and Climate Change Canada, has some insight into how the Solstice's approach has been playing out.

The City of Swift Current is left watching as the City of Martensville was approved for a grant that Swift Current was passed over for. 

Martensville was recently approved for a grant via the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP) to the tune of $32 million for a new community rink. 

Swift current also applied to the same program earlier this year and was turned down. Swift Current would have used the funding to build new civic facilities. 

The older members of the community can always attest to the kindness seen in Swift Current over the years.

This holiday season, you can help repay their many years of kindness in the community with the Adopt a Senior program. The program offers people the chance to donate a gift to a senior in Swift Current.

This year, Fresh Start is taking over the project that was launched by Kathy Jennings during the pandemic. Jennings has since moved from Swift Current, but the spirit of the event is alive and well under its new management.

Kids at crosswalks depend on those around them to help keep things safe.

That fact has always been true, but with the school year continuing into the winter months, it will become an even bigger factor in crosswalk safety.

As the year gets colder, more people will be using their vehicles to go to and from schools, whether that be dropping off or picking up kids.

Angel Blair, senior communications specialist and school safety patrol coordinator for CAA, would like to encourage people to keep their eyes open when passing by.

As the fall season moves in, it's important for folks to keep an eye out for the season's winged nighttime purveyors.

Bats do have a season, and Saskatchewan is in the middle of its bat season. This year especially is seeing an explosion in the bat population all over the province.

The issue isn't so much that there is a large number of bats roosting in barns and attics, but the fact that they present an increased risk for exposure to rabies.

It was a hot day of work for one Maple Creek area farmer as his tractor suddenly combusted beneath him.

Walter Ehret was trying to load his hay bails onto his trailer unit when he felt the cabin getting warmer. Quickly from there, the blaze consumed his tractor, but not before his quick thinking saved the field from further ruin.

Labour day weekend was hot at Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park due to a wildfire that sprung up.

The source of the fire is still currently under investigation by the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency.

The blaze managed to raze five hectares close to the old Boy Scout Camp but has since been contained to a few hot spots.

New details have been released about the cause of the Stewart Valley School fire.

The City of Swift Current Fire Department and the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) have been working together on investigating the cause of the Stewart Valley School fire that occurred on August 26, 2022.

Investigators have determined the fire was caused by a bolt of lightning striking the area adjacent to the east school entrance. The thunderbolt set fire to roof insulation, lighting up an inaccessible space between the interior ceiling and the roof.

Charges stack up against Eastend's Benjamin Martin Moore as Saskatchewan RCMP continues their investigation.

Moore, who became a focal point of RCMP efforts in early August after an amber alert was released involving his common-law partner's children, has had further charges placed upon him this afternoon.

Saskatchewan and Shaunanvon RCMP found three crossbows as well as multiple arrows and arrowheads in his Eastend residence.

Even though summer is drawing to a close, the sun keeps on shining.

That's part of the reason why we are seeing so many mid 30s C temperatures this week, even though the seasonal averages are in the low 20s C.

Meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, Terri Lang, shared some insights as to why the heat wave is happening so late in the year.