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 […]
We knew the warmer than average autumn wouldn’t last forever. Environment Canada has issued a “snowfall warning” for Regina. The weather office is predicting between 10 and 20 centimetres (or just under 8 inches) of snow. The flakes are expected to start falling sometime early Sunday morning, and continue through the day tapering off Monday […]
After nearly a week of work, SaskPower has nearly completed their repairs to the southwest after last week’s weather event. As of now 29 customers remain without power and their services are expected to be restored by 10:00 pm Monday night. Crews will be working on damaged lines that are in remote hard to access […]
About 138 SaskPower customers remain without power in the southwestern part of the province after a storm knocked down poles and lines last week. SaskPower said in a media release Saturday night that more than 600 power poles and 750 replacement crossarms have been sent to the Maple Creek area since the beginning of the […]
An Alberta clipper was the main cause of the power outage affecting the southwest region of Saskatchewan throughout the week. A weather front rolled into the area on Wednesday that was accompanied with winds that were measured as fast as 100 km/hr. Along with the heavy winds, Environment Canada’s Justin Schaer says the clipper also […]
After a severe spring weather event compromised a large swath of the power grid in south western Saskatchewan – SaskPower has been able to reconnect the majority of customers. Close to 4000 customers were left without power in multiple communities Wednesday thru to Thursday of this week. The power company was faced with the task […]
Work continues to be done to fully restore power to the southwest area of the province. On Wednesday, SaskPower crews worked throughout the day to restore power to the the majority of the Maple Creek area. This morning, crews will be working to restore power to the surrounding area of Maple Creek that are still […]
An update to yesterday’s power outage that affected the southwest section of the province. Around 6:15 pm, power was restored to Eastend, Val Marie, Climax and other surrounding areas. Crews were also able to restore power to the Shaunavon area Power was not restored in Maple Creek and were without power overnight. Crews are staged […]
Here’s a story you won’t hear very often. Maple Creek RCMP say they were on patrol April 17th when they noticed a Lamborghini, a Ferrari and an Aston Martin speeding on Highway 21. Officers caught up to the trio who were travelling in excess of 180 kilometers an hour in a 110 zone. The three […]
