Tara Garcia

The holidays are just around the corner and we know that both humans and pets are getting excited!

CKSW 570 and CJSN 1490 are giving you a chance to show off your festive pets with the return of our Christmas Critters contest. 

From now until December 17th head over to the Christmas Critters page on Swift Current Online and submit a festive photo of your dog, cat, donkey, pig, snake whatever kind of pet you may have. 

A local Swift Current couple have joined forces with the man in red himself to ensure letters and wishlists will make it to Santa on time amid the ongoing postal strike. 

Mike and Veena Hockridge are encouraging local children to email Santa as Mike explains. 

"We have an email address santa.clause@swiftcurrent.ca that parents or children can email in their wishlists and information to Santa and he will respond back with a personalized letter."

Earlier this morning we made our final two Ticket Takeoff draws for 2024!

Huge congratulations going out to Brenda who won a pair of tickets to see the McDades Christmas coming to The Esplanade Dec 13th and Adam who won a pair of tickets to Stars on Ice coming to Co-op Place Dec 15th. Our winners also both receive a one-night stay at the Medicine Hat Lodge. 

Swift Current Online is helping you with your Christmas shopping this year with our Local Christmas Gift Guide. 

Head over to the page to find some fantastic gift ideas from some local vendors such as Voths Brandsource, Canadian Tire and the Swift Current Arts Council. 

In addition we've added some helpful gift suggestions of our own for those hard to shop for people on your list. 

Bobbi is off to see James Keelaghan with some friends and family thanks to our Ticket Takeoff contest. 

When we called her this morning to let her know, Bobbi was delighted to have won the tickets as well as a one-night stay at the Medicine Hat Lodge. 

The holiday season will quickly be upon us and the local Salvation Army are looking for volunteers to help make the season bright. 

Volunteers are being sought to fill a number of kettle shifts as Captain Ian Scott with the Salvation Army explains. 

"This is one of the times of the year that we get to engage with the community. So alot of folks enjoy coming out and taking a two-hour shift on the kettles and seeing friends, family and the other shoppers. So were just asking if people are interested in standing for two hours on a kettle shift."

It was a busy morning on Country 94.1 yesterday as Chris Martens gave two lucky qualifiers the chance to win some cold hard cash. 

First up was Dustin who chose to gamble his $94 on one of our bulls and that proved to be profitable for him as he won himself a fantastic prize from one of our sponsors CMX and walked away with a fantastic set of grilling gloves and seasoning kit including bbq sauce and rubs. 

Earlier this week we made someone's Monday by announcing our very first Ticket Takeoff winner. 

Over the past two weeks we had many entries come in all with the hopes of winning a pair of tickets to see The Sam Roberts Band as well as The Strumbellas at Co-op Place this Fri Sep 13th. Tickets are still available here 

Sam Hunt is bringing his "Locked Up Tour" to the Sasktel Center on Sep 23rd and we want to send you to enjoy the show. 

You can enter for your chance to win each weekday morning on Country 94.1 by playing "Body or Backroad". Chris Martens will provide listeners with a name and listeners must identify if it is the name of a body of water or the name of a backroad. Get the answer correct and you will be entered for your chance to win. 

We have five pairs of tickets to give away and we will be doing the final draws on the morning of Fri Sep 6th. 

You're next chance to bid, buy and save is just around the corner!

The Swift Current Online Auction begins next week on August 14th and will run through to August 21st. However, registration is now open to get yourself an account and sign up before all the fun begins.

Simply head over to the auction page on Swift Current Online and register today. If you have an account created from a previous auction there is no need to create a new account.