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Shaunavon's Corey Bailey missed the cut at the Canadian Amateur Golf Championship.

The Elmwood golfer shot a 76 today to finish +10 through two rounds at the Rivermead Golf Club in Gatineau and Royal Ottawa Golf Club.

+3 was the cut line for the tournament.

Bailey had an impressive July as he won the Saskatchewan Mid-Amateur Championship and finished 2nd in the Saskatchewan Amateur Championship.

After reviewing the incidents between the Swift Current 57's and Saskatoon Berries on July 25th, the WCBL has announced some disciplinary action.

The league suspended Swift Current Head Coach Ruddy Estrella for 10 games and Assistant Coach Shawn Lee for 5 games.

Estrella's suspension means he won't be eligible to return to the dugout before the end of the WCBL season.

The league also suspended 57's pitcher Hunter Mark for 5 games for his part in the incidents, including hitting Ethan Murdoch with a pitch in the top of the 9th inning.

19 athletes and staff from southwest Saskatchewan made the roster for Team Saskatchewan at the upcoming Canada Summer Games in Newfoundland.

Rowan Reimer (Swift Current) Track
Carter Tuplin (Swift Current) Track
Mason Fauser (Shaunavon) Baseball
Kai Foster (Swift Current) Lacrosse
Adriaan De Necker (Kyle) Rugby Sevens
Griffin Striker (Swift Current) Soccer
Navy Louma (Swift Current) Soccer
Chayce Foster (Gull Lake) Swimming 
Tate Zimmerman (Swift Current) Swimming
Rohimay Priebe (Swift Current) Swimming

The Swift Current Broncos added some depth to their forward group today.

They sent a conditional 2027 8th round WHL Prospects Draft Pick to the Everett Silvertips for forward Remy Hlady.

"A 200-foot guy," said Broncos GM Chad Leslie. "There's some offensive upside there in his past. Just in the situation that we're in with a young forward group and a free look at a player. I think it's a good opportunity for him and a good opportunity for us."

Police foiled a robbery in Lancer.

Monday morning at approximately 10:45 AM, the Leader RCMP received a report of a robbery at a business in Lancer.

Police say a woman came into the business and demanded cash from an employee inside. 

Their investigation found that the woman told the employee she had a weapon, took the money, and left the business on foot.

Leader RCMP located and arrested her outside a residence in Lancer.

They also recovered the stolen money.

Police say further investigation determined the suspect didn't have a weapon.

The Wallace Stegner House is bidding farewell to its 2025 guest artist in Darren Hagen.

The Edmonton-based artist spent the month of July in Eastend, doing a live-in working stay at the Wallace Stegner House, where he not only worked on his playwriting but held workshops and talks with community members and fellow artists.

Hagen was thrilled with this most recent stay and honoured to have been brought back.

"I fell in love with the place (during a prior stay)," said Hagen. "This time (...) I felt like I had been accepted by the community."

Swift Current's recent rain helps to top off a very active round of precipitation in July. 

While the rain for July 29 isn't in the books quite yet, the monthly total is being estimated at 60 millimetres, maybe even a little more. During the latest bout of rain on Tuesday, Environment and Climate Change Canada recorded 7.7 millimetres at the time this article was written. 

An average July in Swift Current will usually see 45-50 millimetres of rain. 

Swift Current residents are being advised of a road closure downtown as intersection upgrades continue.

Herbert Street East and a portion of Central Avenue North will be closed from Monday to Wednesday this week.

A detour for westbound traffic will be available from First Avenue North East to Chaplin Street and up Second Avenue North West.

An eastbound detour will be available on First Avenue North West, onto Cheadle Street, and along First Avenue North East. 

Anyone looking for more information can contact the City of Swift Current.

An annual Canadian Cowboys Association-sanctioned stampede is set to kick off this Friday in the Town of Herbert, featuring over a dozen rodeo events.

The 38th Herbert Stampede will include a food booth, beer gardens, a brand new rodeo clown, and live grandstand entertainment on Friday and Saturday night featuring Lisa Moen.

Levi Speir, committee president for the Herbert Stampede, shared that admission at the gate is $15 for adults, $10 for youth, and children ages 10 and under get in for free.