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A local grade 11 student will be heading to Montreal this month to represent Saskatchewan in the game of chess. 

Originally from Mexico, Sergio Del Bosque arrived in Swift Current in 2022 and has been playing the game for the past five years

After winning at a recent provincial chess championship in Regina Del Bosque will now represent the province at a national competition in Montreal later this month as he explains.

The Center in Swift Current are doing their part to help upcoming graduates in participation with the Reimer family. 

The Dr. Lawrence Reimer Memorial Bursary is available to 2023 graduates as Nathan Wiebe, Executive Director of The Center explains. 

How should I protect my plants? What are the best perennials to plant? These questions and more can be answered by our resident Garden Guru, Sandra Wernicke owner of Garden Of Eden Greenhouse and Gifts. 

Country Music Radio has partnered up with Sandra for a brand new weekly segment called Grow With The Garden Guru. This segment will air every Friday morning just after 7:30am. 

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Two local roller derby teams skated circles around their opponents resulting in a winning weekend for both. 

The Ra Ra Riots, junior team took on the Bridge City Bruiser's from Saskatoon this past weekend at the Innovationplex as part of their season and home opener. 

Ella Toles a member of the Redneck Betties senior roller derby team shares the results from the junior game. 

"The kids did so good. So, the final score was our Ra Ra's won with 306 points to 192 points for the Bridge City Bruiser's."

The Saskatchewan Common Ground Alliance (SCGA) is reminding residents to dig safely throughout the month of April and throughout the year.

Many people would most likely like to begin their spring construction projects soon and Shannon Doka, Executive Director at SCGA explains why digging safely is such an important subject.

Residents are invited to come down to the Innovationplex this Saturday to cheer on the local junior and senior roller derby teams in their home season opener. 

Redneck Betties member Ella Toles provides details on the event. 

"Starting off the day at 4:30pm our juniors the Ra Ra Riots will be playing against Saskatoon's juniors. And then after that our senior team the Redneck Betties will be playing against Scarlett Fever at 7:00pm and they are Brandon's team."

Local high school students took to the stage recently as the Swift Current Comprehensive High School hosted the Regional Drama Festival. 

The high school submitted two productions to the festival My Brothers Gift and The Inexplicable Chaos Factor of Mia Gregory, both of which walked away with a number of awards. 

Grade 11 student Mapalo Mushoriwa acted in one of the productions and explains the additional aspects of the festival in addition to performances. 

Save some room for dessert this Friday evening and attend the Fellowship and Dessert Night fundraiser being put on by Rock Solid Refuge. 

Taking place at Eastside Church of God, Dallas Block Executive Director of Rock Solid Refuge says they are looking forward to seeing the community come out. 

Residents shouldn't worry about venturing out to their mailboxes this afternoon. 

Canada Post has issued a red delivery service alert for Swift Current.

According to a press release from Canada Post, this service alert means that they are "suspending delivery for the day and not sending our delivery agents out or recalling them."

This alert has been put in place due to inclement weather and freezing rain.