SwiftCurrent

The City of Swift Current has adjusted its policy to help ensure that non-permanent employees are adequately protected. 

Previously, in order for non-permanent employees to qualify for the Swift Current Safety Boot Reimbursement Policy, they would need to work for a total of at least 694 work hours. 

In 2020, the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations were updated so that employers are required to ensure employees have the appropriate safety equipment and are using it. 

Team Saskatchewan A claimed the top spot at the Interprovincial 5 Pin Bowling Championship, taking home gold after a nail-biting series of playoff matches in Saskatoon this past weekend.

The national event, held April 23–27, brought together teams from across the country to compete in one of Canada’s most celebrated bowling championships. The winning Saskatchewan A team, representing the West Saskatchewan Zone, featured bowlers Bridget Berg (Rosetown), Yvonne Markewich (Biggar), Leonard Lapierre (Lashburn), Mat Harrabek (Biggar), and Coach Alvin Anderson (Lashburn).

After a sluggish and often chilly start to spring, May is poised to deliver the warm-up many Canadians have been eagerly awaiting — and nowhere is that more apparent than on the Prairies.

With just over two weeks to go until the May long weekend — the unofficial start of summer — forecasters are predicting that much of the West, especially Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, will see an early arrival of summer-like weather, offering a much-needed reprieve from the season’s earlier setbacks.

Rosetown and Kyle RCMP responded to a variety of calls between April 25 and May 1, including erratic driving, a reported assault, and theft of fuel from a local business.

On April 25 at 4:30 p.m., officers received a complaint of an erratic driver on Highway 7, but determined there was not enough evidence to proceed. Several similar reports followed throughout the week, with incidents logged on April 28, April 30, and May 1. In the most recent case, police located the vehicle and issued a traffic ticket to the driver.

Carla Beck, leader of the Official Opposition Saskatchewan NDP (which, although they are distinct parties, now holds 20 more seats than the federal NDP), congratulated Prime Minister Mark Carney for his election win, and asked him to commit to delivering positive change for the people of the province. 

“Congratulations, Mr. Carney,” Beck said during a Tuesday press conference. “Now, it’s time to unify the country and deliver on what matters. 

This weekend has gorgeous weather. Highs in the high 20's, little(still some) wind, and lots of sunshine. And there's lots of yardwork I can do. Lots I SHOULD do. But the kids asked to go to the park. Park wins.

I find it easy to come up with an excuse as to why I don't want to leave the house, or go away from weekend chores that are required. But as anyone who has a child that is older will tell you, it goes by fast. So if they're going to ask to go and play outside on what is really the first hot day of spring, I'd be silly to come up with a reason not to.

King Charles will visit Ottawa to deliver the speech from the throne at the end of this month in a show of support for Canadian sovereignty, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday.

The news came in his first press conference since leading the Liberals to a fourth straight mandate in Monday's election, where he laid out the priorities for his first few months, promising to "embark on the biggest transformation of our economy since the end of the Second World War." 

More than three quarters of Canadians believe misinformation had an impact on the outcome of the federal election, a new poll suggests.

The Leger poll, which sampled more than 1,500 Canadian adults from April 29 to May 1, suggests that 19 per cent of people think false information or misinformation had a major impact on the election.

Almost a third (32 per cent) said it had a moderate impact, while 26 per cent said it had a minor impact on the election's outcome.

Only nine per cent of Canadians said misinformation had no impact on the election at all.

Ghost towns and abandoned buildings are nothing out of the ordinary for southwest Saskatchewan, the mostly decimated Hamlet of Neidpath is one such example.

What was a bustling community a century ago is now little more than a few lonely buildings that have been reclaimed by the prairies. 

The RCMP are giving out some tips to keep grain safe following a theft that was reported in Saskatchewan earlier this spring.

On April 12, 2025, Coronach RCMP received a report of a theft at a rural property near Ogema. After an investigation, police found that 5,000 bushels of grain were stolen from bulk storage bins located on the property. The exact time and date of the incident are unknown, though likely between spring of 2024 and April 2025.

While the investigation continues, the RCMP is giving out tips to other producers on how to avoid grain theft in the future: