The Swift Current City Fire Department would like to remind the public of the dangers of thin ice.
 
Deputy Fire Chief Pete L'Heureux says while much of the ice can hold a rock or a tobogan, it is not thick enough to hold the weight of a person or child, and that animals should also be kept away from the ice. 

Recent warmer temperatures have melted snow feeding water beneath ice on the Swift Current Creek through storm sewer outlets weakening the already thin ice.
 
L'Heureux adds they have had incidents in recent history with people falling through the ice in the creek, but over the last couple of years, they have been reasonably safe, hopefully due to the fact that they are reminding people to stay off the creek and that people are aware of the danger.
 
Interview with Pete L'Heureux: