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Love, Not Hate
As has been the tradition for many years, Pink Shirt Day was held across the nation on the last Wednesday of February (Feb. 26), with people wearing pink shirts in support of anti-bullying initiatives. The original event was held in 2007 when a high school student in Nova Scotia was bullied for wearing a pink shirt to school. Pink Shirt Day has since served as an awareness campaign against bullying.
Letting Loose
The Swan Valley Stampeders held their first annual Skills Challenge this past weekend, Jan. 5, with four events where players competed in for the Hardest Shot, Fastest Skater, an Obstacle Course and a shootout, followed by a deciding goalie goal contest to crown the champions of the Skills Challenge. Will Brown finishes the passing drill in the Obstacle Course...
Duck Mountain Super League Crowns Champions
The Swan River Curling Rink hosted the Duck Mountain Super League Championship this past Friday, Dec. 20, in Swan River. Team Zuravloff defeated a team skipped by Fred Perepiolkin by a 5-3 score to capture the title. Assisting Perepiolkin was third Nolan Nykolaishen, Second Mark Warner, and Lead Tylson Leis. Eight teams from around the area battled throughout the season which concluded with the Championship evening in Swan River.
Nightly Aura
The Aurora Borealis have been lighting up the northern hemisphere of our globe last week as geomagnetic storms have been creating intense Northern Lights.
What a Catch
(TOP LEFT) Olivia Davy (left), Hunter Rose (centre), Axel Cober, (right) with three Freshwater Drum fish caught at last week’s Swan Valley Sport Fishing Enhancement Youth Camp at Red Deer Lake from July 15 to 18. The day camp program provides youth ages 10 to 14 with the opportunity to fish for different species, learn different angling techniques and exposure to land based knowledge with a focus on angling...
To the Beat of the Drum
Treaune Severight from Cote First Nation travelled to participate in Wuskwi Sipihk First Nation’s Traditional Pow Wow last Tuesday, (July 9) in front of Chief Derek Audy Memorial Hall...
Par for the Course
Crystal Zamzow teed it up at the Manitoba Women’s Golf Championships held in Minnedosa this past weekend..
The Rest is Still Unwritten
Presenting Swan Valley Regional Secondary’s Class of 2024! Graduates celebrated their final year of high school on Thursday, June 20 with ceremonies, a banquet and dance...
A Takedown on the Mat
Lidstone Combat Sports Academy’s Lucas Hurren (right) takes down his opponent while one of his coaches supports him through the match at the Manitoba Open in Winnipeg on June 8 to 9.
Celebrating Coaches and Managers
The first ever SVRSS Coaches Appreciation Lunch was held on May 23. All 53 coaches and managers from the 2023-24 season were invited. The students put flower lays on the coaches with a Tiger paw that read ‘You’re Tiger-ific!’ The coaches received a key chain token with a ‘Coaches can change a life’ message. The athletes created an aisle for the coaches to run down slapping hands followed by complimentary lunch for the coaches. Coaches left with smiles on their faces with a definite feeling of appreciation from the athletes and SVRSS.