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Extreme cold warnings blanket all of Saskatchewan Friday
The entire province is waking up in a deep freeze Friday. Extreme cold warnings from Environment Canada covered the entirety of Saskatchewan on Friday morning, with wind chills as low as -55 C expecte...
Jan 12, 2024
Guilbeault unveils plan to eliminate sales of gas-powered vehicles
Canada's federal government has unveiled its plan to phase out the sales of gas-powered vehicles by 2035. The new regulations, unveiled on Tuesday by Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, require au...
Dec 19, 2023
Wildlife embracing warm winter weather in Saskatchewan
Animals in Saskatchewan are embracing the warm winter brought on by El Nio. Renny Grilz, resource management officer for the Meewasin Valley Authority, said some animals take full advantage of the war...
Dec 15, 2023
Saskatchewan sees warmest November in more than 15 years: Meteorologist
November was quite a warm month across Western Canada. The average temperature for Saskatoon last month was -1.6 C, making it the 16th-warmest November in the past 125 years, according to Terri Lang, ...
Dec 05, 2023
Sask. launches $25M fund to develop emission-reducing technologies
The Government of Saskatchewan is making a big investment in the development of new emission-reducing technologies. The provincial government announced Tuesday the launch of the Saskatchewan Technolog...
Dec 05, 2023
Five people fined thousands after wildlife trafficking investigation
Five people were fined a total of $15,810 after tips from the public led to a lengthy investigation into illegal wildlife trafficking. According to Saskatchewan's environment ministry, calls to the pr...
Dec 04, 2023
Despite warm weather, climatologist predicts white Christmas in Sask.
People across Saskatchewan are feeling the effects of El Nio. It is nearly the end of November, but with little or no snow on the ground, it still looks like September across much of the province. Dav...
Nov 22, 2023
City of Regina sticking with single-use plastic bag ban, Masters says
In spite of a federal court ruling, the City of Regina will be keeping in place its single-use plastic bag ban. The city's ban was introduced in February of 2022. The decision has implications for the...
Nov 17, 2023 Regina Mayor Sandra Masters said the city has seen many benefits surrounding the discontinuation of single-use plastic bags. (980 CJME file photo)
Double dose of balmy air brings unseasonably warm weather to Sask.
Some unseasonably warm temperatures have followed the fierce snowfall that hit parts of Saskatchewan last week. Environment Canada said the warmest temperatures in Saskatchewan on Monday were found in...
Nov 14, 2023 Temperatures are expected to sit about five degrees warmer than normal for the next few days in Saskatchewan. (Gillian Massie/ 980 CJME)
Three Sask. communities set cold records on Wednesday
After the sudden arrival of winter weather this week, a few Saskatchewan communities saw record-setting lows. According to Environment Canada, the Kindersley region got as cold as -19.4 C during the e...
Oct 27, 2023
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