Tara Garcia

Swift Current Municipal RCMP is asking for the public's assistance locating a green and white Pelican single person Kayak.

The boat was stolen in the spring prior to June 1, 2022, from a residence on the 800 block of 2Nd Avenue SE in Swift Current.

If you have any information about this theft, you can contact Swift Current RCMP Detachment by calling 306-778-4870 or to submit information anonymously, one can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submit a tip online using the P3 App (https://www.p3tips.com/206) or at www.saskcrimestoppers.com.

Participants were hoping for a frisbee in one at the first annual Canadian Mental Health Association Spring Fling Disc Golf Tournament that took place this past weekend. 

Executive Director with CMHA Swift Current, Todd Vallee explains the connection between the sport and the CMHA. 

"Our members really enjoy disc golf and getting out in nature. The physical activity is really good for mental health and it's something that has been ridiculously popular with our members since the course opened here."

Members and staff of the Swift Current & District Chamber of Commerce will soon have the opportunity to attend an upcoming speaker session on mental health in the workplace.

 

Chamber CEO Karla Wiens provides more details on the event taking place on June 23rd.

 

"These first two sessions are really about how to talk to people about mental health. It is not a skill that we are inherently equipped with. So these first two sessions are going to be really about how to be open and have those conversations."

 

Volunteers are still being sought to help out at the upcoming Windscape Kite Festival taking place this weekend. 

Volunteer Coordinator with Windscape, Brittany Williams provides details on the jobs available.

"We are a volunteer-run organization so we need lots of helpers out to run all of our events. We have everything from kids bubbles to making kites and lots of fun activities for children. As well we are looking for help running the field. So helping with recycling, signing in volunteers, and doing kite workshops."

Local disc golfers now have the opportunity to play 18 holes on the local course as it has recently expanded. 

As City of Swift Current Park's Manager Michael Newell explains, this was the plan from the beginning.

 "When we started or we first installed the first nine holes in the spring of 2021 we contacted Saskatchewan Disc Golf and we actually laid it out as an 18-hole course at that point in time but we only had the nine baskets so we were looking for future opportunities through grant funding to put in the back nine."

Post your Pet is a brand new promotion brought to you by Xplornet and Country Music Radio. 

Starting today and running until June 24th head on over to the Country Music Radio Facebook page and post a picture of your pet. It can be a dog, chicken, hamster, donkey whatever kind of pet you have. When you post make sure to include #XplornetPostYourPet. 

On June 27th a winner will be picked and announced and they will win themselves a brand new tablet. 

Residents will be running along the Chinook pathway tomorrow for a good cause. 

Kayla Myers, Committee member on the Southwest Run For Shelter Committee provides some details. 

"We utilize the Chinook Pathway in Swift Current. We are raising funds to be put towards the operations of Dorie's House Treatment Center."

Racers can participate in a 2K, 5K, 10K, or for the adventurous there is also a 16K event. 

The United Way Summer Success Literacy Camp will be returning to Swift Current this August and taking place at Irwin School. 

Community Advancement with United Way Regina, Stacey Schwartz provides details on the focus of the camp. 

"So it's really about helping students and targeting individuals that are just needing that extra support during those months to help them continue to move forward in a progressive way when they go back to school in the fall. 

15 students ranging from Kindergarten to Grade 2 will take part in the 10-day camp

The Southwest Saskatchewan Immigration Partnership (SSIP) is the Local Immigration Partnership in our region that engages in strategic planning, research, and collaboration with service providers and other institutions to support the settlement and integration of newcomers.

SSIP recently completed a survey as coordinator for SSIP Deanna Baje explains.

"It's about the region's capacity in settling and integrating newcomers. It's a newcomer survey stakeholder views on the characteristics, indicators and capacities of southwest Saskatchewan as a welcoming community."

It's that time of year again when local residents can rid their homes of any hazardous waste materials they may have.

Keegan Story, Superintendent of Solid Waste and Diversion with the city of Swift Current provides details on the program.

"We will be holding our spring household hazardous waste collection event on Tuesday, May 31st from 1:00 pm-7:00 pm at the Innovation Credit Union Iplex parking lot. We will be on the southeast portion of the lower level."