ice storm

Power almost fully restored in southeast Saskatchewan

Apr 27, 2022 | 5:39am

Restoration efforts are continuing from SaskPower in the southeast as the area recovers from the winter storm on the weekend. As of Wednesday morning, 300 residences are still without power. SaskPower is hoping to have everyone back online by Wednesday night. As the third day of repairs wrapped up, SaskPower reported 1,150 homes had power […]

SaskPower says nearly 57,000 customers affected by ice storms last week

May 26, 2021 | 6:38am

SaskPower crews continue to make repairs to secondary power lines while looking out for any additional downed infrastructure. Scott McGregor with the provincial power company says just under 57,000 customers were affected by last Thursday’s ice storms that hit east and southeastern Saskatchewan. He said at the height of the outage, 48 SaskPower workers and […]

SaskPower makes huge progress Sunday, only 20 customers without power overnight

May 24, 2021 | 6:34am

SaskPower crews made significant progress in restoring power to those affected by Thursday’s ice storm. As of 7:30 Sunday night, they estimate roughly 20 customers were without power in Melville last night due to a combination of damage being too severe to fix safely, and crews having difficulty reaching customers to obtain consent to issue […]

SaskPower estimates over 600 people without power overnight Saturday

May 23, 2021 | 6:12am

SaskPower estimates that just over 600 customers were without power overnight as restoration efforts continue after Thursday’s ice storm. In a release from SaskPower, they say power was restored for the vast majority of primary line, and the bulk of customers without service are from damaged secondary lines or service masts. They add Melville has […]

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