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ESTEVAN – The Estevan area was blasted by a powerful thunderstorm on Sunday night and into early Monday.  Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm warning just after 10 p.m. on Sunday night, saying its meteorologists were tracking a series of severe thunderstorms capable of producing 110 kilometre per hour wind gusts, nickel to ping pong […]

Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a “Severe Thunderstorm Watch” that not only includes Regina, it covers a good chunk of Saskatchewan. The weather alert stretches from Battlefords south east towards Estevan and Weyburn. Moose Jaw, Regina Swift Current and many more communities could see severe thunderstorms this evening. In Regina, the thunderstorms could […]

SASKATCHEWAN — Summer storm season has arrived, evidenced by several weather incidents across the province in June, including tornado warnings in southeastern Saskatchewan June 12. Being proactive rather than reactive is important to helping your family in case of a severe weather occurrence and resulting emergency situations. One way to stay in the know is […]

We’ve had a number of thunderstorms, wind storms, and showers roll across the Regina area over the past few days and it certainly has got things growing in leaps and bounds. Crops, gardens, grass, and, of course, those pesky weeds are all popping up and making Saskatchewan look very green. Thankfully (knock on wood) we […]

There is an advisory from Environment and Climate Change Canada about the potential of funnel clouds forming as thunderstorms are rolling through. The advisory covers western, and south western Saskatchewan including Moose Jaw, but NOT Regina. Environment Canada says with scattered thunderstorms expected in that area, so conditions are favorable for the formation of funnel […]

Southwest Saskatchewan drew the short end of the stick when it comes to the weather. Shannon Chant, a Crops Extension Specialist based in Swift Current, says the temperature in that part of the province has been in the high 20’s to low 30’s since mid-May. The crops have suffered from heat stress and are shorter […]

The Swift Current area was on the receiving end of a hail storm that came through on Saturday. Richard Cuthbert is a wheat breeder with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, based in Swift Current. He says the storm was heading towards the community, and by 6:20 p.m. that day the winds started to pick up, then […]

  The Canadian Crop Hail Association says the industry set a record 10 billion dollars in hail insurance coverage this past year. President Scott McQueen of Saskatoon says farmers purchased record levels of insurance due to rising costs and strong crop prices. He says the 10 billion dollar record is 20 percent higher than the […]

Crops are ripening quickly with harvest about to start in southeast Saskatchewan. The provincial crops extension specialist in Weyburn, Sherri Roberts, says a few crops are ready for harvest this week. Roberts sees a bumper crop in parts of the southeast because of weekly rains during the growing season. But she says there are concerns […]

  The latest Saskatchewan agriculture crop report says harvest has just begun in the province. Provincial crops extension specialist Matt Struthers says only a few fields have been combined so far this month, mostly in the west central and southwest regios. In eastern areas, he says harvest is at lest seven to ten days away […]