Saskatchewan farmers are hoping for a speedy recovery to grain exports through the West Coast. Rail crews have been working around the clock and have made progress in clearing mudslides on tracks in southern B.C. leading to the Port of Vancouver. CP Rail plans to reopen its railway between Kamloops and Vancouver Tuesday. Thirty locations […]
Regina City Council has decided to apply for Saskatchewan’s Provincial Disaster Assistance Program (PDAP) after damages caused by heavy rains that fell in the city earlier this month. The 50-70 mm of rain wreaked havoc on the city, resulting in nearly 300 service requests. Mayor Sandra Masters says the program will allow people to be […]
The Saskatchewan Water Security Agency is encouraging rural municipalities and Conservation and Development Areas to take advantage of the largest channel clearing grant ever offered. The province is offering up to 1.5 million dollars in 2021-22, part of the province’s two year 2 million dollar funding announcement in March. The Water Security Agency says the […]
Environment Canada says just under 55 mm of rain fell in the Queen City yesterday, most of that occurring between 7:00 and 9:00 am Friday morning. Luckily for Regina, the wet weather seems to be behind us as the forecast is calling for nothing but hot, sunny days over the next week, with Tuesday’s high […]
The City of Regina is urging motorists to avoid flooded roads and underpasses after 50-60 mm of rain fell in the Queen City. Helene Henning-Hill with the city says fire crews have had a busy day rescuing people from flooded underpasses. “The Fire Department has had to rescue several vehicles from the Albert Street underpass, […]
The second of a three-year, $15 million drainage improvement project begins Monday in the North Central community. “This major drainage project will help prevent ponding during large storms and reduce the risk of basement and street flooding to over 450 homes within the neighbourhood,” says Kim Onrait, Executive Director of Citizen Services. The project […]
Wildfires are significantly down this year in Saskatchewan. In a release on Friday, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency stated the province has reported 125 wildfires, much lower than the five-year average of 405 wildfires. Steve Roberts, acting vice president of the SPSA, said mild, wet weather in northern Saskatchewan has played a part, but so […]
The Saskatchewan government has outlined a million dollar comprehensive study of water management in the province. Lyle Stewart is the legislative secretary to the minister for the Water Security Agency. Stewart says there are 11 water management demonstration projects to be undertaken across Saskatchewan. Stewart says areas of farm research and demonstration include crop […]
The east central region of Saskatchewan has seen 82% of their crop enter the bin, which is 8% lass than the provincial rate at 90%, and is worst in the province. In that region, farmers in the Quill Lakes area have had to deal with water on their fields, or in some areas, drought until […]
A new study says farmers in the Quill Lakes area have lost over a quarter of a billion dollars from flooding in recent years. Farmers in the Quill Lakes area say the local flooding crisis is far from over. The executive director of the Quill Lakes Watershed Association, Rita Marcinowski says the study from Dr. […]
