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It was another successful Hot Dog Day for Golden West Broadcasting.

We invited the southwest to the Innovation Centre in Swift Current for free hot dogs.

"It went really well," said Swift Current Golden West and Homefield General Manager Morgan Butler. "The weather held up for us. We had lots of people out and served almost 800 hot dogs."

The day has become an annual "thank you" to the people who make our job possible. 

Hodgeville was overloaded and bustling as over 100 cars took over the town.

The annual Coyote Club Car Show had its second edition with no shortage of support. A total of 104 cars came to the town on Thursday, showing everything off; from classic convertibles to John Deere tractors. 

Marlon Haubrich, president of the Coyote Car Club, was thrilled to see so many people come out, especially considering the weather was stunning for such an occasion. 

"We were hoping to get a few more cars than last year," said Haubrich. "We actually almost doubled it!"

One of the two people killed in a rockfall in Banff National Park has been identified as 70-year-old Jutta Hinrichs of Calgary.

The University of Alberta, in a statement, says Hinrichs was an educator in the department of occupational therapy in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. 

She retired last summer.

Her body was found shortly after a slab of mountain suddenly gave way Thursday afternoon, collapsing on hikers at a popular trail near Bow Glacier Falls, about 200 kilometres northwest of Calgary.

Saskatchewan saw a tornado touch down in the southwest yesterday, but a local southwest photographer was there to capture the moment. 

Craig Hilts, owner and photographer for Prairie Fire Photography, was on his way back from a tour of Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma when he ran into the twister. 

It touched down near Frobisher, with hilts witnessing the funnel cloud touch down and transform a number of times. Hilts had his eye on the forecast and spotted the system before it finished forming.

Police are looking for a Nekaneet First Nation man after a pursuit in the Swift Current area yesterday.

Swift Current Rural RCMP have a warrant out for the arrest of 28-year-old Donny Gurney on charges including flight from police and possession of property obtained by crime over $5000.

The incident started with a report of a stolen 2005 F350 in the RM of Swift Current at 8:00 AM on Thursday morning.

A local man wanted on a litany of charges was recently apprehended by Swift Current Rural RCMP.

Eastend's Shane Congrad Scott was located and arrested by police on Tuesday after appearing on Saskatchewan RCMP's Wanted Persons list earlier this month.

The 55-year-old faces more than half a dozen charges, including;

A handful of southwest residents are in for a brief planned power outage this weekend as crews switch over some equipment. 

The outage on Sunday will affect 1,722 customers in the Town of Shaunavon and rural areas south and southeast of Shaunavon and Dollard to locations southeast of Eastend.

Joel Cherry, spokesperson for SaskPower, shared that the outage is scheduled to run from 6:00 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. but may be over sooner.

Search teams located a second body Friday following a massive rockfall off a hiking trail in Banff National Park.

“RCMP are notifying their next of kin and no further information is available at this time,” read a statement issued by Mounties and Parks Canada.

A 70-year-old woman from Calgary was first found dead at the site of Thursday's rock slide at Bow Glacier Falls, north of Lake Louise.

Three others were taken to hospital and were reported in stable condition.

A rainy spring-like weekend is on tap for the southwest as summer officially begins.

Precipitation is expected to enter the region Friday, persisting through Sunday night. Chilly summer temperatures will accompany the gloomy weather with highs of 15 C on Saturday and 11 C on Sunday. 

Environment and Climate Change Canada meteorologist Crawford Luke said the southwest will experience several rounds of rain.

Free Hot Dog Day is on!

That means free hot dogs are available in front of the Innovation Centre in downtown Swift Current until 1 p.m.

People can have one, two, or as many as they want, all for free.