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Swift Current declares local emergency due to flooding
By Hayden Michaels The City of Swift Current has declared a local emergency due to ongoing flooding. The announcement was made during a special city council meeting Tuesday. While no homes have been s...
Apr 12, 2023 (Hayden Michaels/Swift Current Online)
Swift Current-area farmer not too worried about quick melt
Spring is finally here, and many parts of the province have begun to experience warmer weather. For farmers, this means getting one step closer to growing season. Jim Hale is a farmer with an operatio...
Apr 11, 2023 (File photo/980 CJME)
Construction company to pay $35,000 after worker electrocuted
An Alberta-based construction company is facing a hefty fine after a worker was seriously injured by an electric shock while working near Maple Creek. According to the Ministry of Labour Relations and...
Mar 02, 2023
Scotland's Schafer making history at Scotties
A Scot is playing in the Scotties for Saskatchewan. Seven-time Scottish champion and three-time Olympian Kelly Schafer is currently the third on Robyn Silvernagle's team, which is to begin play Friday...
Feb 17, 2023 Kelly Schafer celebrates with her son Darby after winning the Saskatchewan women's curling championship as part of Robyn Silvernagle's team. (Swift Current Curling Club/Facebook)
Weather causing issues on some roads in western Saskatchewan
Highways in some areas of Saskatchewan were growing increasingly treacherous as Wednesday wore on. Just before 5 p.m., the Highway Hotline said travel wasn't recommended on a number of highways south ...
Feb 08, 2023 Highway 11 on Feb. 8, 2023. (Sandee Reed/650 CKOM)
RCMP says cryptocurrency frauds were rampant in Swift Current, Maidstone in '22
The Saskatchewan RCMP says cryptocurrency frauds netted scammers more than $900,000 in the Swift Current and Maidstone areas alone in 2022. In a media release Monday, the Mounties said they had seen a...
Jan 23, 2023
RCMP investigating two overdose deaths in Swift Current
Two men have died of suspected fentanyl overdoses in Swift Current in the past four days, prompting a warning about illicit drugs from the RCMP. According to the Swift Current Mounties, a 30-year-old ...
Jan 01, 2023 (980 CJME file photo)
Town of Cabri, contractor and landowner fined for environmental violations
The southwestern Saskatchewan town of Cabri, a contractor and a landowner were fined recently for violations of the province’s environmental and waste management laws. In February, conservation ...
Dec 15, 2022
Two charged after RCMP vehicles rammed, forced off road
Two people from Prince Edward Island were charged after a high-speed incident that police say damaged numerous RCMP vehicles -- including two that are now undriveable. According to the Mounties, the i...
Oct 31, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Swift Current to host 2023 Canadian mixed curling championship
Saskatchewan will be the site of two straight Canadian mixed curling championships. Prince Albert already had been announced as the host city of the 2022 event. On Thursday, Curling Canada announced t...
Oct 06, 2022
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