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This Sunday, Riverside Park will be loaded up with good food and good people for the Festival of Cultures.

Hosted by the Southwest Newcomer Welcome Centre, the event will feature a multicultural plethora of cuisine, with local flavours mixed in as well. 

Viju Vijayan, program manager for the SWNCWC, spoke with Country 94.1's Chris Martens about some of the fun planned for the day.

"We'll have live music, cultural performances, games for kids, face painting, henna tattoos, a bouncy castle, and delicious food," said Vijayan. 

Located five kilometres south of Val Marie, just outside Grasslands National Park, is an elaborate aberration among the prairie, a labyrinth that's one of the first of its kind.

Mary's Labryinth was Canada's very first Legacy Labyrinth and the fourth to be built in the world. 

Susan Howard and her husband, Neil Ward, purchased The Crossing at Grasslands and made the move to Val Marie in 2015, with Howard bringing a love of labyrinths with her to the grasslands.

Kindersley Fire Department responded to three separate vehicle incidents on Highway 7 within a 24-hour span, including two crashes Thursday that sent people to hospital.

At 6:42 a.m. Thursday, crews were dispatched to a serious rollover involving multiple vehicles approximately 1.5 miles east of Marengo. One vehicle had rolled, and injuries were reported. Firefighters assisted RCMP and EMS with traffic control and disabled electrical systems on the damaged vehicle. All units were cleared by 8:43 a.m.

The southwest is in for a fun-filled weekend, with more than a dozen local events, from an annual kite festival to cultural celebrations and everything in between.

Two Swift Current Comprehensive High School athletes have made Saskatchewan's U23 Canada Summer Games track team.

Carter Tuplin and Rowan Reimer will both compete in the 400m hurdles.

Tuplin was recently named the SCCHS male Outstanding Graduating Athlete of the Year, while Reimer received the male Athletic Leadership Award.

Both reflected on track when thinking about the highlights of their high school athletic careers.

Scientist Daniel Shugar says images of the aftermath of Thursday's deadly rockslide in Banff National Park provide evidence of its cause — water flowing through the interior of the mountain.

“You can actually see some springs coming out of the cliff and actually coming out exactly from the scar itself,” said the University of Calgary professor of geomorphology.

He described how water from a lake above the cliff at Bow Glacier Falls had been seeping through rocks for decades before it eventually provided enough force to dislodge a boulder, triggering the rockfall.

September 23,1960- October 9, 2024

Please join her family for a Celebration of life June 28, 2025

Mom loved getting everyone together for a backyard BBQ and pool party so join us in one last gathering to celebrate her. Come in your favourite sun dresses and summer Attire! Bring swimsuits, towels and a blanket. 

We will share stories, hugs and I’m sure a few tears but like mom would say we will celebrate her together. 

1-4 pm swimming, gathering. 
Short readings at 1:30pm
BBQ 2pm
Fairview pool. 279 Gladstone St W 

Watch for increased flows on the South Saskatchewan River this weekend.

The Water Security Agency is advising the flow will increase between the Alberta border and Lake Diefenbaker due to significant rainfall in southern Alberta and southern Saskatchewan.

"In preparation for this rainfall," the WSA said in a release. "Alberta began increasing reservoir releases this past week to make room for storage in its reservoirs in the impacted area."

In Loving Memory of John William Rittinger

January 11, 1930 – June 14, 2025

The family of John Rittinger is saddened to announce his peaceful passing on June 14, 2025, at The Meadows in Swift Current, Saskatchewan.

John was born on January 11, 1930, in Eastend, Saskatchewan, the eldest of four children born to Jim and Margaret Rittinger.

Elizabeth “Beth” Logan Petersen, nee Bertram, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones in Cabri, Saskatchewan on Friday, June 13, 2025.

Born in Milden, Saskatchewan on March 3, 1944, youngest of 5 girls to Beverly & Betty Bertram of Milden, Saskatchewan. Beth went on to Beauty School in Saskatoon and then moved to Cabri to work, it was in Cabri that she met Robert “Bob” Vernon Petersen (Buntrock) and they married October 24, 1964.