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The historic Portage la Prairie Train Station, a once-bustling gateway for royalty, prime ministers, and generations of settlers, now stands quietly in the heart of the city, its grandeur fading into memory.

The Steinbach Fire Department marked the 24th anniversary of 9/11 with a powerful tribute Thursday by hosting its first-ever stair climb. 

An unplanned power outage popped up in southwest Saskatchewan on Thursday afternoon. 

The outage has been affecting customers in Burstall and surrounding rural areas since around noon. 

SaskPower notes that crews are working to repair the damage caused by lightning in the area.

Power is expected to be restored around 4:00 p.m. 

Anyone interested in updates on both planned and unplanned outages across the province can check out the outage map on SaskPower's website.

With Alberta teachers set to go on strike Oct. 6 if no deal is reached, school divisions across the province are preparing for the possibility.

Both Foothills-area divisions, the Foothills School Division (FSD) and Christ the Redeemer Catholic Schools (CTR), have posted responses on their websites.

FSD is advising parents to prepare in case strike action occurs, which could include the closure of schools.

Some residents of Kleefeld have noticed their tap water is brown in colour today.

Barry Broesky is Manager of Utilities for the Rural Municipality of Hanover. He says the discolouration is because they have been flushing water mains yesterday and today. This is happening both days from 9 am to 4 pm. 

"When we flush the water mains, we get a lot of the sediment out of the mains, so it will be a lot of the iron," he explains. "And that is the discolouration you are seeing."

Environment and Climate Change Canada says parts of southern Saskatchewan could see severe thunderstorms Thursday evening as a warm front lifts north of the U.S. border. 

Elevated thunderstorms developed overnight in southern Saskatchewan and continued into Wednesday morning. Some storms in the southeast brought heavy rain and hail. 

A serious two-vehicle crash near Gimli on Wednesday afternoon has left one driver in hospital and another shaken but uninjured.

On September 10, around 2:50 p.m., Gimli RCMP were called to the intersection of Highway 8 and Highway 229 after an SUV and a semi-truck collided.

According to the RCMP, the SUV had been seen earlier driving erratically north on Highway 9 in the RM of St. Andrews. Less than an hour later, that same SUV was involved in the crash.

One person has been taken to the hospital after a collision between a vehicle and a school bus on Wednesday afternoon. 

At approximately 3:26 on September 10, the Winnipeg Police Service received a report of a collision in the 1-99 block of Keslar Road in Richmond West. 

Along with the West District General Patrol, members of the Traffic Division quickly attended and ensured the students were safe. The school bus did not sustain significant damage.

Thursday's rainfall amounts from midnight to 2 pm.

25.4 mm = 1” 

Alexander 6.0 mm

Argue 21.5 mm

Bede 28.8 mm

Birtle 5.6 mm

Boissevain 34.1 mm

Brandon 6.8 mm

Cartwright 7.8 mm

Clearwater 4.4 mm

Dand 25.6 mm

Deloraine 60.3 mm

Eden 5.3 mm

Erickson 3.8 mm

Findlay 8.3 mm

Forrest 14.3 mm

Glenboro 25.7 mm

Hamiota 27.8 mm

Holland 22.3 mm

Ingelow 8.9 mm

Kenton 3.8 mm

Killarney 7.2 mm

Kola 10.4 mm

UPDATE: Power has been restored to Weyburn, Yellow Grass, Lang, Milestone and all surrounding areas. SaskPower asks anyone who has not had power restored to call 310-2220 or report it online. 

An unexpected power outage is affecting large parts of the southeast, including areas in Weyburn, Yellow Grass, Lang, and surrounding rural communities.