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Former Swift Current Broncos captain Owen Pickering is one step closer to an NHL game.

The Pittsburgh Penguins called him up from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the AHL. 

Pickering has a goal and is +5 in 12 AHL games so far this season.

The postal worker's strike means that local courier services will be picking up some of the slack. 

A.M. Delivery serves customers all across Saskatchewan and is based in Swift Current. Their regular workload will be taking on some of the additional packages and deliveries that cannot wait for strike action to end, bolstering their workload. 

Andy Keys, owner of A.M. Delivery, doesn't think that the increase will be too big but will be noticeable. 

The Swift Current Rural RCMP are on the lookout for a stolen pickup truck from Cabri. 

Investigators have determined the vehicle was taken on Sept. 27, 2024 at 2 p.m. and Sept. 30, 2024 at 10 a.m.

The truck is a silver 2013 Dodge Ram with aftermarket headlights, fender flares, and black wheels. The license plate reads 988 NCT. 

If anyone knows about the whereabouts of this vehicle, or of any individual responsible for the theft, they can contact the RCMP at 310-RCMP. 

Charli Chubaty and Paige Hawkins each scored a goal and an assist to help lift the Swift Current Full Line Ag U18 AA Wildcats past the Parkland Fire on Thursday night.

Chubaty opened the scoring, Hayley Anderson had the game-winner, and Hawkins added an insurance-marker in the 3-1 victory at the InnovationPlex.

Wildcats netminder Bailey Fox made 17 saves moving to 2-0 on the season and helping her team climb to 4-1 on the campaign.

The Full Line Ag Wildcats return to the ice next Thursday in Wilcox to take on the Notre Dame Hounds.

Today we celebrate the 1st birthday of Country 94.1!!!!

The celebrations will continue into the weekend as tomorrow night we will be holding the Country 94.1 Birthday Bash and you are all invited. 

The event takes place tomorrow evening (Sat Nov 16th) beginning at 7:30pm at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall (in the basement)

We will have some fantastic entertainment throughout the evening including Darrin Schwartz of Tombstone Whiskey, Marcus Braun and band and Evan Baxter. 

It's the middle of November, and there is still no snow in the forecast for southwest Saskatchewan.

The abnormal stretch continues, as normally by this time of year snow would have blanketed the prairies. However, Environment and Climate Change Canada still has no word of blizzards, snowstorms, or even a skiff of snow. 

Meteorologist for ECCC, Kyle Ziolkowski, predicts southeast Saskatchewan may get a little bit of winter weather but isn't holding out much hope. Even if a few centimetres of snow does fall, the forecast isn't in favour of it lasting. 

The RM of Swift Current is under new leadership with Ramona Dyck. 

She plans to acclimate to the job, learning the necessary skills and taking in the required knowledge to do the job. Her main concerns are upkeeping roads, cultivating a good relationship between the City and the RM, and listening to the many concerns people have. 

"It's really complicated with all of the varied people and businesses and neighbourhoods that are represented in (the RM)," said Dyck. 

A co-captain on the Swift Current Comp. Ardens senior girl's basketball team has committed to one of the nation's top collegiate programs for next season.

Dani Meyer recently accepted an athletics scholarship to attend Lakeland College and play for the Rustlers in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association. 

The Swift Current point guard said there were several reasons she's joining the Rustlers for the next step in her basketball career.

Tom Christiansen was among several incumbent city councillors to be re-elected to office earlier this week. 

The local business owner is delighted to be holding on to his seat for another four years and bringing his plethora of political knowledge and practical mindset back to the table.

"It's a great honour, I'm excited to get back to work and try to keep moving the city forward," he said. "I thank everyone that voted for me and everyone that voted in general, we had a lot of good names out there."

A British Columbia man was apprehended with thousands of unstamped cigarettes near Gull Lake last year and is facing a fine that could take him the rest of his life to pay off.

Michael Weins was arrested on Nov. 16, 2023, after Swift Current Rural RCMP pulled over a speeding semi and subsequently uncovered illegal cargo in the form of over 42,000 cartons of unstamped cigarettes. 

The 47-year-old entered into a joint submission on November 6 at the Swift Current Provincial Courthouse with a guilty plea that resulted in a $2.68 million restitution fine.