Tara Garcia

This morning we announced our first Ticket Takeoff winner of 2025 and Monique was very happy to receive our call!

She won herself a pair of tickets to see Tommy Charles coming to the Esplande on Jan 16th as well as a one-night stay at the Super 8 Medicine Hat. 

Your next chance to win with our Ticket Takeoff has already begun. Head over to the page to enter for your chance to win a pair of tickets to see Sloan coming to the Esplande on Jan 25th as well as a one-night stay at the Super 8 Medicine Hat. 

The spirit of giving was strong this holiday season in Swift Current and the effects were felt especially by the local Salvation Army.

Captain Ian Scott details this season's successes.

"We were able to serve about 470 families that came for toys and food. We had well over 500 children come through this year which is a significant increase but we had enough. And we had more than enough to serve those that come, even the teenagers they all got something."

Captain Scott also reveals that they exceeded their fundraising goals this holiday season. 

While there were many construction and financial highlights for the city in 2024, Swift Current also saw a number of successful events and programs.

Perhaps one of the biggest events was the November city election where Mayor Al Bridal was acclaimed for which he says he is thankful and appreciative to the citizens of Swift Current and the election also saw four incumbents voted back in as well as four new council members. 

This year saw a very successful Market Square season as Mayor Al Bridal explains.

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.