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Shaunavon's Memorial Park was buzzing with hundreds of people over the weekend during the inaugural Community Labour Day Picnic in the Park.

Welcome2Shaunavon & Area hosted the outdoor event on Monday afternoon with free gourmet hot dogs sponsored by the Affinity Credit Union in Shaunavon.

Police arrested a woman wanted in a Lafleche firearms theft in Swift Current last month.

Swift Current RCMP arrested Anna-Linn Kisilevich on August 19th.

She was one of four people charged after two firearms were stolen during a break-in on April 29th.

The RCMP recovered the two stolen firearms.

Police arrested three other suspects in early July before arresting Kisilevich a few weeks ago.

She's facing two charges, one count of break and enter, stealing a firearm, and one count of trafficking a firearm.

The forecast for the first week back to school is looking bright after the overcast start to Tuesday. 

Kids will be able to walk to school with a cooler start in the mornings, with daytime highs peaking in the low 20s, probably only hitting 22 at the highest. 

According to Dan Fulton, meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, there isn't too much to worry about in the week ahead as far as weather. 

"Looking fairly dry, but smoke might be an issue for much of the week," said Fulton. "We're kind of in either northerly winds or kind of light winds."

With the first day of school coming today, it's time to get back to those back to school traditions. Now these could be anything, but it seems a lot of families have different things they do on the first day of school, and our family is no different.

Diana Dyck passed away on Saturday, August 16, 2025 at her home.

A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, September 6, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. at Trailview Alliance Church.  The burial will take place at the Sommerfeld Mennonite Cemetery, Rosenhof, SK.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Swift Current SPCA.

For further information, or to leave a condolence for the family, visit http://www.parksidefuneralhome.com

A new report released as students across the country return to school finds bullying, poverty and mental illness are on the rise among Canadian youth and urges action from policy-makers to improve the lives of children. 

The Raising Canada report says more than 70 per cent of Canadian youth between the ages of 12 and 17 experienced bullying in the last year, and more than 13 per cent of children were living in poverty by the end of 2024.

Swift Current is currently at a nine on the Air Quality Health Index.

The local smoke in the area has reduced air quality to a point where an alert for the region has come into effect.

Residents are advised to limit their exposure outdoors, and to take breaks indoors when possible if being outside cannot be avoided.

Symptoms from the smoke may include a cough, nose, throat, and eye irritation, or a headache.

More severe symptoms like wheezing, chest pains, or a more forceful cough should result in seeking medical aid.

Residents on Ponteix are being advised to limit their water usage for the time being.

According to a Facebook post from Lynne Lemieux, the town is currently down to a single well.

Swift Current Online will share updates as they become available.

A warning has been issued that a Vanguard-based insurance broker has been operating without a license. 

Kehoe Agencies Limited and Jill Marie Talbot are not licensed as insurance agents in Saskatchewan. This is according to an official release from the Insurance Councils of Saskatchewan. They have issued a warning to all local residents that any licenses that Kehoe and Talbot possessed for the purpose of selling insurance were cancelled by ICS on June 30, 2025. 

A fundraising project at Cypress House has officially reached the halfway mark.

The end goal for this project is the purchase of an upgraded blood pressure machine for residents, similar to the one seen in the emergency room at Cypress Regional Hospital. 

The aging machines that Cypress House currently has do not accurately reflect the full spectrum of care needed by some residents. 

Which is why the donation project was created a year ago.