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Get ready to feel the heat, Canada. The Weather Network is predicting more sunshine and warmer temperatures for the summer. The weather broadcaster’s annual summer forecast released Wednesday indicates Canada will be blanketed in heat over the next three months as the country sees fewer rainy days and several regions experience humid conditions. “We’d be […]

British Columbia grain farmer Malcolm Odermatt says all he can do is pray for rain this spring after repeated droughts sabotaged his harvest last year. Odermatt, who is also the president of the BC Grain Growers Association, has been working with his father since 2012 to farm about 2,000 acres of land in the Peace […]

Most Canadians can look forward to a warmer-than-normal spring, but they should also brace for the season’s “profound mood swings,” according to The Weather Network’s latest outlook.  The forecast released Wednesday predicts that the unusually mild winter seen across much of the country thanks to El Niño conditions will pave the way for even more […]

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 […]

It was hot over the weekend, but it’ll be even hotter today and tomorrow here in the Queen City. A big ridge of high pressure is pumping heat into southern Saskatchewan. “Right now there’s an upper ridge sitting over a lot of the southern prairies, generally causing pretty clear skies and really warm temperatures,” Meteorologist […]

“Heat Warnings” in the south, “air quality advisories” in the north. That sums up the weather forecast for Saskatchewan was we close in on the unofficial mid point of summer. Smoke from wildfires is brings smokey skies to most of Saskatchewan, but in the north it has triggered “air quality advisories”, essentially from Montreal Lake […]

The heat is on. This weekend the thermometer will begin pushing into the 30’s with a potential high temperature of 35 degrees on tap for Monday. “Its already happening in south western Saskatchewan and southern Alberta” according to Samantha Mouti with Environment and Climate Change Canada. “There’s a ridge of high pressure building on the […]

Saskatchewan is being blanketed by smoke, and there are a number of air quality advisories. Most of the smoky conditions are north of Fort Qu’Appelle,  Last Mountain Lake, and Melville. The alerts basically run border to border, east and west across the province. South of that, Regina, Moose Jaw and the southern section of Saskatchewan […]

The heat wave continues for Regina and the surrounding areas. Environment and Climate Change Canada issued a heat warning for the city since we’re expecting highs around 33 degrees over the next two days. This is just in time as thousands of people get ready to flood into Mosaic Stadium for the Labour Day Classic […]

A heat warning has been issued for the weekend, with temperatures in the low to mid 30s and the low temps hitting about 16 degrees for the next few days. Terri Lang with Environment and Climate Change Canada said the temperatures will start climbing today with a ridge of upper high pressure building in Western Canada. “We […]