With the “Blizzard Warning” in effect from Environment and Climate Change Canada, the city of Regina is making sure its ready for the onslaught. Manager of of Seasonal Roadway Operations Tyler Bien says crews are scheduled 24 hours a day seven days a week. The first priority is keeping the major routes, and emergency routes […]
Environment Canada has issued a blizzard warning for southern Saskatchewan including Regina and Moose Jaw. This is an upgrade from the snowfall warning issued yesterday. High winds and heavy snow are expected from around supper time tonight into tomorrow afternoon when the wind and snow will taper off. Wind gusts could top 70 kilometres an […]
The highways ministry says winter weights will be removed later this month. The ministry says this is the time of year when truckers must reduce the weight of their loads, as all secondary highways revert back to regulation weights. This prevents damaging important roads in the spring. Winter weights are being removed effective Wednesday […]
We were gifted with a whole lot of snow, and the city of Regina is starting a “city wide” plow, which will include residential areas. There are some 500 kilometres of roads to clear in the city, so its expected to take 12 days to get done. The plows will start rolling on Tuesday, January […]
Your ice scraper is going to get a workout this morning. This run of mild, moist air left a layer of ice on everything outside. Its pretty slippery on the roads, and sidewalks in Regina. If you are headed out of town, there are a few problems for you to be aware of. Highway 11 […]
Thousands of Canadians who have been without power since last week’s fierce winter storms spent Boxing day in the cold and dark while strong winds and high tides on the West Coast prompted a flood warning. The City of Vancouver issued a flood warning Monday evening, saying “exceptionally high tide and high winds” are forecasted […]
The Saskatchewan highways ministry says milder weather has prompted winter weight season to be postponed on all relevant secondary highways. Typically winter weights begin on November 16th each year and run through March 14th. Highways minister Jeremy Cockrill says the program is temporarily postponed until colder weather arrives. He says without sufficient freezing, extra weight […]
Getting there is not half the fun today. Environment Canada has ended the “Snowfall Warning” for Regina and other parts of southern Saskatchewan that was blanketed by snow, rain, ice, and strong wind gusts on Sunday. As of right now: On the Highways The Ring Road is only seeing winter driving conditions according to the […]
The City of Regina is ready to “decommission” the old Winnipeg Street overpass over Ring Road, now that the new, improved version is ready. Its will take some heavy equipment a couple of days to tear down the old overpass. Traffic restrictions will go into effect on Friday morning, until Monday morning while the work […]
We’ve all driven across some roads that have made us clench our teeth, brace for impact, or curse out loud from the big thud of a tire slamming in and out of a pothole. There are some roads in Saskatchewan that are particularly bad, and every year CAA-Saskatchewan likes to find out which one is […]
