Lind starts pro career in AHL

Shaunavon's Kalan Lind is taking the next step in his hockey journey.

The Nashville Predators assigned Lind to their American Hockey League affiliate in Milwaukee.

He just concluded his Western Hockey League career with the Red Deer Rebels.

Lind had 27 points in 37 games while serving as an alternate captain for the Rebels. 

The 2nd round pick of the Predators in 2023 finished his WHL career with 160 points as injuries limited him to 160 games over parts of five seasons. 

Wood River claims SSHL U15 Championship

The Southwest Sask Hockey League has crowned its final champion of the 2024-2025 season.

Wood River beat Cabri 5-3 in Game 2 to sweep the U15 Division championship.

Wood River went 20-4 in the regular season before cruising to a championship in the playoff round.

Cabri managed to limit the sting of the loss when they went on to win Hockey Saskatchewan U15 C Provincials. 

Leonard James Spate

It is with great sadness the family of Leonard James Spate announce his passing.

He passed away peacefully on March 26th, 2025, surrounded by loved ones, at the Herbert and District Integrated Health Facility.

At Leonard’s request, no formal service will be held at this time.

Swift Current and Moose Jaw join forces to tackle accessibility

The City of Swift Current and the City of Moose Jaw are combining resources on accessibility.

Together, the two municipalities are working to build a strategic community accessibility plan and to support the targeted sector support initiative joint grant application.

Nicole Spenst, general manager of community services for the City of Swift Current, explained that this undertaking is a result of the provincial government introducing The Accessible Saskatchewan Act.

Charges of home invasion against local man dropped

A Swift Current man had half a dozen charges against him stemming from an armed home invasion and incident involving a firearm dropped last week at his sentencing. 

Matthew Neufeld appeared in Swift Current Provincial Court on Wednesday, March 26, via video surveillance from the Regina Correctional Centre.

The 28-year-old pleaded guilty on two charges: breach of a release order and possession of a prohibited weapon in the form of a Japanese throwing star.

Regional 3 Drama Festival begins shows tomorrow in Swift Current

A busy schedule for the Swift Current Comprehensive High School Drama Club. 

The student members of the club will be performing both Wednesday night and again in back-to-back shows on Friday and Saturday. These shows are the core of the Regional 3 Drama Festival.

Theatre fans have a chance to catch both 'For What It's Worth' and 'Princess Party Smackdown'.

From fighting fires to firing up curling fans

Brian Starkell is used to fighting fires. But when it comes to major curling events, he fires up the crowd. 

If you come to the BKT World Men’s Curling Championship, however, you will hear Starkell’s booming voice yelling “Let’s go Canada, let’s go!” followed by a “Yay Canada!” throughout the arena, with fans clapping along. 

Starkell is a retired Nipawin fire chief who spent 10 years as chief and 47 years in total as a firefighter. Nowadays, he spends his time volunteering.