For the next few days, it’ll be hot and humid in southern Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba. Environment Canada says an airmass will increase daytime highs to around 32 degrees and overnight lows near 16. A heat warning is in effect for Balgonie, Balcarres, Fort Qu’Appelle and Indian Head in Saskatchewan and Virden Souris and Melita in […]
An 18-year-old girl from The Pas is missing and could be in Winnipeg. Kendara Ballantyne is 5-feet tall, 135 pounds with brown eyes, short black hair and was last seen wearing black sweat pants, a black shirt and shoes. RCMP say the teenager was last seen walking down Cathedral Avenue in the town back on […]
Heat warnings have been issued for parts of our region, including Regina Grenfell, Fort Qu’Appelle, Moosomin and Indian Head. A hot and humid airmass moving into southern Saskatchewan today will remain in place for a few days. Daytime highs are forecast to be around 32 degrees celsius with overnight lows near 16 degrees celsius. Temperatures are expected […]
Adjusters are busy dealing with crop damage hail claims totaling almost 2 thousand in Saskatchewan last month. Many of the storms were in mid-July, and hit farms in areas like Indian Head, Esterhazy, and Kelvington. Canadian Crop Hail Association president Rick Omelchenko says hail stones ranged in size from pea to tennis balls. He says claims are about […]
A Saskatoon company has been fined a total of 50 thousand dollars after a workplace accident in Lloydminster 2 years ago. A worker sustained severe injuries when a combine tire fell off a forklift and struck the worker July 26th 2017. The company pleaded guilty to one charge under the Occupational Health and safety Act on July […]
The weekly Manitoba crop report has been released. Manitoba Agriculture spokeswoman Anastasia Kubinec says spring cereal crops are developing nicely. Kubinec says grasshoppers remain the main insect of concern, with monitoring ongoing in all regions. Kubinec notes soybeans are in the R-1 to R-3 stage of development.
Some intense storms passed over parts of the region last night and into this morning. Terry Lang at the weather office says the Saskatoon area got just under 5 mm of rain, but other areas got considerably more. In addition to rain, there was hail. Macklin received two bouts of hail with the biggest being […]
Yorkton’s airport is closed for the next several days to allow for resurfacing of the entire runway, an area of over 63 thousand square meters. Mayor Bob Maloney says the work will be done in one shot. The project is slated to cost about 1.4 million dollars and is already underway The last time the […]
A 23-year-old Dauphin man arrested following a fatal single vehicle rollover in a stolen S-U-V, has made another court appearance. In July of 2017, the Winnipegosis RCMP responded to the scene on Highway 20, about 15 kilometres west of Camperville. A 23-year-old Dauphin man was pronounced dead at the scene, while Ryan Stevenson received minor […]
A man charged with Second Degree Murder in connection with an incident in Gilbert Plains, has appeared in court again. 39-year-old David Genaille was in Dauphin yesterday (Tue), where he was remanded in custody for August 20th. The investigation began on the evening of May 4th, when Mounties were called to a home in Gilbert […]
