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WestJet says 10 per cent of fleet grounded after Calgary pummelled by hail
CALGARY - WestJet says 16 of its planes have been grounded after a massive hailstorm hit Calgary earlier this week, and the decreased capacity means it will have to cut flights across its network for ...
Aug 07, 2024
Wildfire smoke blankets Saskatoon, central Saskatchewan
The smoke that blanketed Saskatoon and parts of central Saskatchewan on Wednesday morning is thanks to the wildfires burning to the north. Early on Wednesday morning, the air quality health index in t...
Aug 07, 2024
Critical tornado alert issued for southeast Saskatchewan
Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm that is possibly producing a tornado. Damaging winds, large hail and locally intense rainfall are also possible. The storm was 10 k...
Aug 06, 2024 The weather service said severe thunderstorms are possible in southeastern Saskatchewan on Tuesday. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Canada's poor record predicting tornadoes must be improved to save lives: researchers
MONTREAL - On July 24, Environment Canada issued a tornado warning for the area around Lachute, Que., northwest of Montreal, urging people to take shelter. The warning was accurate: a tornado touched ...
Aug 06, 2024
Trudeau meets officials, evacuees following Jasper wildfire
HINTON, Alta. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Hinton, Alta., to get a briefing on the status of the Jasper wildfire, as well as meet with the province's premier and evacuees who fled the blaze...
Aug 05, 2024
Six Sask. temperature records fall in heat wave on Friday
People in southern Saskatchewan were feeling the heat on Friday as they experienced record-setting temperatures. Six different locations received sizzling heat that shattered the records, according to...
Aug 03, 2024 Aug. 2 was the second straight day that Coronach set a new heat record. (Submitted/Town of Coronach/Facebook)
Another round of dry lightning expected in southern B.C. as heat returns
British Columbia's wildfire service says another round of dry lightning is in the forecast for the southern third of the province, coinciding with the return of hot, dry weather that's raising the fir...
Aug 02, 2024
B.C. warns of increasing wildfire risk with the return of hot, dry weather
VICTORIA - The B.C. government has warned of increasing fire risk this long weekend as Environment Canada issues heat advisories for several areas in the southern part of the province. A statement fro...
Aug 01, 2024
Alberta meditation centre tent collapses in high winds, killing 1 and injuring dozens
BUSBY, Alta. - A Buddhist retreat northwest of Edmonton was set to continue after a tent collapsed in fierce winds, killing one and injuring dozens, a day before the 10-day event was to begin. An orga...
Aug 01, 2024
'Not out of the woods': Jasper wildfire still out of control, hotter weather expected
EDMONTON - A fire rampaging through Jasper National Park remained out of control Wednesday, while officials worked to restore power and water in the park's townsite and to hash out a plan for vacation...
Jul 31, 2024
OPINION
Murray Wood: The most charming words kids say are usually the wrong ones
Kids mispronounce the funniest things. And Murray Wood thinks that sometimes, parents shouldn't rush to fix them.
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, May 22
On Friday's show, Evan speaks with a Saskatchewan runner who is planning to run the vertical length of Saskatchewan (abo...