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Swift Current Municipal RCMP and the Swift Current Fire Department are responding to an incident. 

Located on North Railway Street East, near the Chevrolet dealership, the road has been closed while they respond.

Initial reports say that at least two vehicles have collided. 

Swift Current Online will provide updates as they become available. 

Highway crews are working on Highway 332, leading to traffic delays. 

Sealing work is being conducted from Highway 32 all the way to Hazlet. 

Flag persons are stationed, with vehicles needing to be ready to stop. Reduced speeds are being enforced. 

This work is scheduled to be completed by 5 p.m.

Any updates can be found on the Highway Hotline. 
 

The Lancer Ferry has closed down operations. 

The closure is a result of low water levels.

Motorists will need to plan an alternative route for crossing the South Saskatchewan River. 

The closest crossings are the Lemsford Ferry and the Saskatchewan Landing Bridge. 

Other routes can be plotted using the Highway Hotline, which provides detailed information on any road closures, dangers, or detours. 

The City of Swift Current has closed part of Sixth Avenue Northwest.

The zero block has been closed to traffic as crews work to repair a water main break.

Traffic will need to detour around the work zone.

The Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) wants to see two key pieces of infrastructure upgraded at the Port of Vancouver, the country's largest port.

The GGC says the federal government's major projects list remains incomplete if the 1969 Second Narrows Rail Bridge and 1904 New Westminster Rail Bridge upgrades are not included.

Folks across the province can tune into an educational session next week that will dive into the genetic legacy of bison and the near extinction of the keystone species in the 1880s.

The Saskatchewan Prairie Conservation Action Plan's September Native Speaker Series webinar is set for next Tuesday over the noon hour and is free to attend.

The Swift Current Broncos wrapped up their pre-season schedule with a 3-2 loss to the Brandon Wheat Kings on Saturday night at Tundra Oil & Gas Place in Virden, MB.

The game was a defensive chess match, with both teams playing tight in their own ends and limiting high danger chances. Despite some quality looks in the first period, neither side was able to solve the goaltenders, sending the game into the first intermission scoreless.

This past weekend, I had an invite to go out and play disc golf. I have never played it before, but I have thrown a frisbee. it's the same thing, right?

Wrong. Disc golf is not frisbee toss. The discs are much heavier, and unbeknownst to me, there's more than one kind of disc. There are lighter ones for different distances, heavier ones etc. Well, having never played before, I was expecting nothing. Except for the expectation that I'd be amazing at it right away. Seems logical, right?

The Second Annual Webb Community Car Show saw a total of 85 cars come out on Saturday. 

While that is a few down from last year, the turnout still saw a show with 275 people coming out for the cars, the lunch, and everything else taking place. Some came to socialize, and others came to win prizes. 

Dane Whitney helped to organize this event with the rest of the Old Guys Card Club, rounding up the volunteers who helped make this event possible. 

The flea beetle is a common pest for farmers and gardeners alike in this corner of the province. However, there is more to the species than meets the eye. PSaskatchewan's Insect and Vertebrate Pest Management Specialist for the Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. James Tansey, says that the term “flea beetle” covers approximately 5,000 species worldwide, in a subfamily called the Alticinae.