Western Canadian Wheat Growers applaud the railways for record January grain shipments but worry about the impact from the current frigid weather. Wheat Growers chair Daryl Fransoo says bitterly cold weather in the past has slowed grain shipments and he fears a repeat this month. He expects there may be some reduced movement but he […]
We can say goodbye to the warmer than average temperatures much of Saskatchewan has experienced in the past seven weeks or so. Environment Canada is forecasting below normal temperatures by Sunday. Meteorologist Terri Lang says there may be some extreme cold warnings because of the Windchill values and the bitter cold will last for a […]
It was another cold morning for much of Saskatchewan on Friday. Numerous records were broken, including in Val Marie, where the mercury dropped to -27 C, breaking the record of -14 C set back in 2002, and making the community the Canadian cold spot for most of the morning Friday. Environment Canada’s Terri Lang said […]
It was another cold night across southern Saskatchewan with some records being set. Environment Canada tells us Moose Jaw got down to minus 8.4 degrees breaking the old record for the coldest May 12th which was minus 7.2 in 2005. Broadview and Rosetown saw the mercury get very close to minus 8 as well setting […]
Record breaking cold swept across much of Saskatchewan Monday morning. According to Meteorologist Terri Lang, Regina and Moose Jaw dropped to -11 C and -10 C, breaking records set back in the late 1940’s. However when asked about a warm up, Lang was optimistic for later this week. “It looks like we’ll be back to […]
Southern Saskatchewan will be getting hit with a quick cold snap this week, as temperatures could drop into 30 below range with the windchill. Environment Canada meteorologist Terri Lang said there is also a snow system sitting over the province, but that’s being pushed out by arctic high pressure in the northwest. “That’s pushing down […]
After a recent string of cold days, the Regina Public School Division has had to use their cold weather plans several times throughout the week. Spokesperson Terry Lazarou said part of those plans includes cancelling specialized transit when the weather gets colder than -40 C with the windchill. “That means that any student who has […]
Environment Canada expects this week’s blast of cold winter air will be gone within a week. Senior climatologist David Phillips said temperatures will be several degrees below normal this week, but moderate near the weekend. He also said the winter outlook is warmer than normal. “We’re calling for perhaps maybe milder than normal conditions this […]
