David Zammit

The Swift Current Comp. Colts and Ardens Senior basketball teams will be vying for the league championship tonight on Country 94.1 FM's Local Sports Live powered by OMT Projects.

The top-ranked Colts face the second-seeded Central Cyclones in a battle between the Moose Jaw league's top two teams.

Colts Head Coach Phil Braun said they've been preparing for this moment all season long.

"We want to stay consistent with what we've done all season," he said. "Every possession matters."

The semifinals of the Whitemud Hockey League playoffs will be determined tonight.

The Maple Creek Hawks will host the Shaunavon Badgers at the Maple Creek Community Arena in the third and deciding game of round one.

Shaunavon won game one last Friday 6-1 and Maple Creek responded Sunday night with a 3-2 overtime win.

Puck drop for tonight's game is 8:30 PM.

The winner will move into the semifinals joining Gull Lake, Eatonia, and Leader.

Producers from across the southwest and beyond crammed into the Living Sky Casino's Event Centre Thursday to gain valuable knowledge about durum wheat. 

Over 230 people attended the fourth bi-annual Durum Summit in Swift Current to learn from nearly 20 durum experts who provided farmer, market, research and agronomy, customer, and transportation perspectives.

The looming threat of potential tariffs on Canadian exports into the United States would impact pricing on a variety of goods and services, including gasoline and oil, on both sides of the border.

Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy, believes if United States President-Elect Donald Trump follows through with his tariffs, gasoline prices in Canada could drop.

The looming threat of potential tariffs on Canadian exports into the United States would impact pricing on a variety of goods and services, including gasoline and oil, on both sides of the border.

Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy, believes if United States President-Elect Donald Trump follows through with his tariffs, gasoline prices in Canada could drop.

The Swift Current Rural RCMP is investigating a string of targeted crimes committed towards an individual living in Cabri.

Since 2019, the elderly victim has been harassed and assaulted during numerous incidents.

Police say the most recent occurrences have escalated with the victim being shot at by a pellet gun and injured twice in the process by pellets since April of 2024.

Prior incidents include eggs thrown at their garage, soup, minnows, and oil thrown on their truck, and “Village idiot” spray painted on the garage and water tank.

It was a tough ending to the season for two southwest high school football teams on Saturday.

On the road in Delisle, the Shaunavon Shadows came up just short in the provincial nine-man quarterfinals falling 29-25.

Keagen Richards, Grayson Arendt, Treysen Tetrault, and Kaleb Little scored touchdowns for Shaunavon in a losing cause.

Shaunavon has seven players graduating this year, including all four that scored a touchdown.

Meanwhile, the Swift Current Comp Colts also fell in a close contest in Moose Jaw to the Peacock Tornadoes 14-7.

The Swift Current Comp. Colts will try and win a third straight SHSAA 5A South Rural Football League Tier II Championship tomorrow.

The Colts visit Moose Jaw to play the Peacock Tornadoes for the title that Swift Current has held since its creation.

The Town of Kyle has put out a second call for nominations to fill two vacant council positions including the mayoral spot.

Five of the seven chairs for council have been filled with three returning councillors and two new councillors all being elected by acclamation.

Amber Dashney, the CAO for the Town of Kyle, said this round of nominations will be open until October 23 at 4 p.m.

A single-vehicle rollover on Highway 4 near the Saskatchewan Landing over the Thanksgiving weekend sent two people to hospital.

Kyle RCMP was notified on October 12 at 9:30 p.m. of an SUV that had left the road and crashed north of Sask Landing.

Two occupants were located in the wreck with one taken to hospital by ground ambulance and the other via STARS Air Ambulance, both with serious injuries.

The highway was closed Saturday night for a brief period of time to allow for the emergency response.

RCMP continues to investigate the collision.