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Written by Colin Powers on Friday, 19 September 2014Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, meets with the public at the Moose Jaw Armouries on WednesdayToday is the day Royalty comes to Swift Current.Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, will arrive in the city today to wrap up a threeday Royal Tour of Saskatchewan, and the public is encouraged to welcome His Royal Highness this afternoon at the new All Saints Catholic and Ecole Centennial School'As Mayor Schafer said, we can't think of a greater gift for Swift Current's Centennial than the opportunity for our residents to welcome a member of Canada's Royal Family to our city,' said Tim Marcus, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for the City of Swift Current.Prince Edward will arrive at the school and meet with the public at around 1:50pm this afternoon, and while the school will be closed to the public, Marcus says a greeting area will be set up for royal watchers outside of the integrated facility.'Vistors are asked to arrive an hour before the event,' he added.

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The Hudson Bay Co. only traded for one season, competition from whiskey selling independent traders and the tense situation between Assiniboine and Blackfoot made it unsafe for Cowie to remain. In the spring, Cowie decided to abandon the post. After Cowie left the post it was burned to the ground.In 1873 some 60 Metis' families settled in the coulee, then called Chapel Coulee, complete with a church and a visiting Roman Catholic priest on a regular circuit.In 1879 the NWMP established a post on the same site as the Hudson Bay Trading Post and part of the Metis' village. This was the most easterly detachment from the newly built Fort Walsh. The small detachment at the east end post was to watch over the ever growing number of Sioux who had fled from the Battle of the Little Big Horn.In 1887, the whiskey trading had been curtailed, the Riel Rebellion was over and Sitting Bull had returned home. It was at this time that the post was moved closer to the present location of EASTEND, along the White Mud River, (Frenchman).Thus the town of Eastend began as the most eastern detachment from Fort Walsh and was the east end of their patrol