Royal visit and Centennial celebrations highlight 2014 in Swift Current
What a year 2014 was in the Southwest! The City of Swift Current hosted a trio of celebration events during their Centennial celebrations in 2014, with the three community gatherings certainly ranking among the highlights of the past year.
The past year also featured a Royal Visit with Prince Edward the Earl of Wessex touring through Swift Current on Sept. 19.
Also making front page news this past year was a remarkable effort by Swift Current’s Meghan Chisholm who completed a gruelling swim of the English Channel on July 22. She has the distinction of being the only Saskatchewan resident to swim the English Channel.
The following is our annual Year In Review recap of some of the major news and sports events in the Southwest from 2014. figuration, adding Grade 6 students in 2014-2015, Grade 7 classes in 20152016, and completing the move by adding Grade 8 classes in 2016-2017. noon, and ending his day as the guest speaker at the Conservative Party of Canada’s Cypress Hills-Grasslands 2014 Winter Fundraising banquet. During an interview session midway through his Swift Current stop, Kenney admitted that a skilled labour shortage is an issue right across Western Canada. chase a piece of city owned property.
While SaskPower will now conduct site assessments and continue the consultation process before making a final decision on the location, last Tuesday’s agreement is considered a significant development.
SaskPower was approved to provide an 18 month option agreement on a quarter of land adjacent to Swift Current existing Industrial Landfill site northwest of the City. SaskPower will pay $25,575 representing 15 per cent of the land costs, and would pay the entire balance of $170,500 if the site is selected. They will now conduct a series of land site studies, including a geodetic land survey, soil sampling, core sampling, environmental and archaeological studies, test well drilling plus geotechnical studies. for Council’s in the future, that we’re a community that’s very serious about growing our population. Because obviously with that comes greater opportunities in employment and amenities and quality of life,” Mayor Jerrod Schafer said following the approval of the new Strategic Plan. “We want the world to know that we’re open for business, that we want to attract business, and that we offer a high quality of life for all demographics.” Federal Government takes action on grain transportation backlog
The Federal Government has established minimum volumes of grain Canada’s two rail companies have to move in order to address the issue of an unprecedented backlog of grain.
Prairie farmers harvested a record 76 million tonne crop in 2013, nearly doubling annual production levels. However, transportation issues during the winter months have prevented much of the crop from reaching West Coast terminals, with the Federal Government stepping in on March 7 to address the issue. weekend.
City crews busily installed a series of flood prevention barriers and made extra sandbags in anticipation of continued high runoff rates, but their concerns were eased when ice dams cleared from the creek.
Saskatchewan Party leader Premier Brad Wall has kicked off a busy series of SaskParty nominating meetings by being acclaimed on March 20 as the party’s nominated candidate in the Swift Current constituency.
Wall continued his tradition of begin the first nominated candidate as the SaskParty begins to get organized politically for the next provincial election expected in 2016. The SaskParty will be holding an additional 60 nominating meeting across the province this year. Kirkpatrick defeats Meachem in Mixed Curling Provincial final
A pair of Swift Current rinks emerged from a starstudded field to face one another in the championship game at the 20142015 Tim Hortons Provincial Mixed Curling Championship in Rosetown Sunday.
The South West rinks skipped by Shaun Meachem and Max Kirkpatrick came out of the 16team field to face one another with a trip to Nationals on the line, with Kirkpatrick's foursome earning an 8-7 victory.
Cyclones win league title in overtime
The South West Cyclones won two straight South Sask Female Bantam A Hockey League playoff games in overtime to claim the league title after a grueling best-of-three championship series against the rival Estevan Chargers. Tigers eliminate Broncos in first round of playoffs
The Swift Current Broncos’ season came to an end in the first round of the Western Hockey League playoffs for a second straight season. The Broncos were eliminated in game six of their best-ofseven opening round playoff series against the Medicine Hat Tigers.