Wind storm

Heavy wind wreaks havoc at Echo Lake

Jun 10, 2021 | 4:15pm

Echo Lake is cleaning up after strong winds caused some damage in the resort area near Fort Qu’Appelle Thursday afternoon. Linda Leslie tells us it all started late this morning. “At about 11:30, it just picked up out of nowhere, I wasn’t aware it was going to pick up like that,” said Leslie. “The thing […]

One confirmed death, nearly 629,000 without power after storm in Quebec

Nov 2, 2019 | 8:17am

MONTREAL — One man was killed and almost 629,000 homes and businesses were without power across Quebec following a wind storm Friday, as the province’s hydro utility warned it could take several days to fully restore the grid. The hardest-hit areas of the province were in southern Quebec, where winds topped 100 kilometres per hour. […]