Steven Wilson

Just weeks after Weyburn experienced a record-setting snowfall, another massive dose of precipitation is expected in the region over the next few days. 

Environment Canada is calling for upwards of 70 millimetres, or more, to fall on the Opportunity City by Sunday. 

"We're looking to amounts of 30-40 mills tonight and another 20-30 during the day tomorrow," explained Natalie Hasel, a meteorologist with Environment Canada. "We do have rain continuing on Friday night and Saturday before it finally clears later in the day Saturday, or the evening towards the nighttime."

The snow that we have seen in Estevan has been rather heavy, wet snow which can be quite heavy to move. When this sort of snow falls on the ground, trying to move it can sometimes lead to serious injury or even a heart attack. 

The Heart & Stroke Foundation’s Doctor Steven Lear has a number of tips for those who will be out working to move the snow to prevent injury. 

It seems winter doesn’t want to let go in southern Saskatchewan. After a week of temperatures that accelerated the melt, Environment Canada issued a special weather statement Sunday advising a Colorado low will be sweeping through the region this week, bringing a significant amount of precipitation, particularly snow.  

The locations of the teams for the inaugural season of the Provincial Female Junior Hockey League were unveiled by Hockey Saskatchewan Wednesday. There will be five teams competing in the league that was first announced in December, which will start play in the 2023-24 season.  

The Governments of Saskatchewan and Canada have announced an additional $405,000 investment to provide more mobile early learning opportunities for families in rural Saskatchewan with young children. This investment increases the total funding for KidsFirst Regional programming from $823,500 to $1.2 million in 2022-23. 

The cold and snow didn't slow down fire crews responding to a barn fire last week.

The RM of Swift Current Fire Department was called to a fire southeast of Swift Current last Wednesday. Upon arriving, they discovered a barn in a blaze. Working swiftly, they managed to beat back the burn and extinguish the inferno. 

While not present at the fire, Louis Cherpin, Fire Chief for the RM of Swift Current Fire Department, was delivered a complete account of what transpired from the first phone call to the last ember being smothered. 

The Accelerated Site Closure Program was launched by the province in June 2020, with the aim of helping get those in the oil and gas sector back into the field during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. With $400 million in funding provided by the federal government, it came with a deadline of March 15th, 2023. Any of the money not spent by the end of the program is to be remitted back to the federal government.  

The Accelerated Site Closure Program was launched by the province in June 2020, with the aim of helping get those in the oil and gas sector back into the field during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. With $400 million in funding provided by the federal government, it came with a deadline of March 15th, 2023. Any of the money not spent by the end of the program is to be remitted back to the federal government.  

The unemployment rate Saskatchewan in January according to numbers released from Statistics Canada was 4.3 percent, coming in below the national rate of 4.9 percent.  

“It’s almost unprecedented,” said Golden West business commentator Paul Martin. “When you get to 3 percent, economists will tell you that’s virtually an impossible number to reach.” 

“It’s going to feel a lot colder, mind you, after you know, we’ve been treated to the mild temperatures so far in February, but certainly nothing out of the ordinary for this time of year.” 

Those words from Terri Lang, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, as she described what we can expect later this week.