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Today we celebrate the 1st birthday of Country 94.1!!!!

The celebrations will continue into the weekend as tomorrow night we will be holding the Country 94.1 Birthday Bash and you are all invited. 

The event takes place tomorrow evening (Sat Nov 16th) beginning at 7:30pm at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall (in the basement)

We will have some fantastic entertainment throughout the evening including Darrin Schwartz of Tombstone Whiskey, Marcus Braun and band and Evan Baxter. 

It's the middle of November, and there is still no snow in the forecast for southwest Saskatchewan.

The abnormal stretch continues, as normally by this time of year snow would have blanketed the prairies. However, Environment and Climate Change Canada still has no word of blizzards, snowstorms, or even a skiff of snow. 

Meteorologist for ECCC, Kyle Ziolkowski, predicts southeast Saskatchewan may get a little bit of winter weather but isn't holding out much hope. Even if a few centimetres of snow does fall, the forecast isn't in favour of it lasting. 

The RM of Swift Current is under new leadership with Ramona Dyck. 

She plans to acclimate to the job, learning the necessary skills and taking in the required knowledge to do the job. Her main concerns are upkeeping roads, cultivating a good relationship between the City and the RM, and listening to the many concerns people have. 

"It's really complicated with all of the varied people and businesses and neighbourhoods that are represented in (the RM)," said Dyck. 

A co-captain on the Swift Current Comp. Ardens senior girl's basketball team has committed to one of the nation's top collegiate programs for next season.

Dani Meyer recently accepted an athletics scholarship to attend Lakeland College and play for the Rustlers in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association. 

The Swift Current point guard said there were several reasons she's joining the Rustlers for the next step in her basketball career.

Tom Christiansen was among several incumbent city councillors to be re-elected to office earlier this week. 

The local business owner is delighted to be holding on to his seat for another four years and bringing his plethora of political knowledge and practical mindset back to the table.

"It's a great honour, I'm excited to get back to work and try to keep moving the city forward," he said. "I thank everyone that voted for me and everyone that voted in general, we had a lot of good names out there."

A British Columbia man was apprehended with thousands of unstamped cigarettes near Gull Lake last year and is facing a fine that could take him the rest of his life to pay off.

Michael Weins was arrested on Nov. 16, 2023, after Swift Current Rural RCMP pulled over a speeding semi and subsequently uncovered illegal cargo in the form of over 42,000 cartons of unstamped cigarettes. 

The 47-year-old entered into a joint submission on November 6 at the Swift Current Provincial Courthouse with a guilty plea that resulted in a $2.68 million restitution fine.

Canada Post workers are on strike after failing to reach a negotiated agreement with their employer.

Canadian Union of Postal Workers says approximately 55,000 workers are striking, claiming little progress has been made in the bargaining process.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers issued a 72-hour strike notice earlier in the week, saying it's been asking for fair wages, safer working conditions and other improvements over nearly a year of bargaining.

Municipalities across Saskatchewan held their local government elections on Wednesday. Here is a look at results from across southwest Saskatchewan.

If you have a result for us to include e-mail news@swiftcurrentonline.com or call (306) 773-NEWS.

SWIFT CURRENT

Mayor Al Bridal elected by acclamation. 

City Council Election (top six elected) 

The RCMP is rolling out body-worn cameras for officers, deploying more than 10,000 cameras across the country in the next 12 to 18 months.

Officers will be expected to turn on their cameras when they answer calls or interact with the public. They will wear the cameras on their chests and they will flash red lights to indicate they are recording.

"The muscle memory that we're training officers to build in is essentially seatbelt off, camera on," said Taunya Goguen, the RCMP’s corporate management officer, at a press briefing Thursday. 

After some recent turmoil, Shaunavon is turning the page with a new mayor and six new councillors.

"If you see something that you can help on it," said new Shaunavon Mayor Cal Vance. "You just get out and do it."

Vance beat Drew Grainger by 66 votes to become mayor.