Marna McManus

With the wind chill making it feel like minus 31 this morning, and more of these super low temperatures remaining throughout the week, Environment Canada is reminding of the risk of frostbite.

"It's really important for people to plan their time to take the necessary precautions like dressing properly, not. Spending a whole lot of time outside paying very close attention to how people are feeling or behaving," said Warning Preparedness Meteorologist Natalie Hasell.

With the wind chill making it feel like minus 31 this morning, and more of these super low temperatures remaining throughout the week, Environment Canada is reminding people of the risk of frostbite.

"It's really important for people to plan their time to take the necessary precautions like dressing properly, not. Spending a whole lot of time outside paying very close attention to how people are feeling or behaving," said Warning Preparedness Meteorologist Natalie Hasell.

Ice safety is a serious concern in winter, especially in an El Niño winter, and checking ice thickness on frozen water bodies could save lives.

"We haven't really seen cold temperatures or a lot of that snow or kind of what we would know is a typical winter in Saskatchewan," said Spokesperson for the Water Security Agency, Patrick Boyle. 

He said the ice situation this winter has the potential to be quite hazardous.

Ice safety is a serious concern in winter, especially in an El Niño winter, and checking ice thickness on frozen water bodies could save lives.

"We haven't really seen cold temperatures or a lot of that snow or kind of what we would know is a typical winter in Saskatchewan," said Spokesperson for the Water Security Agency, Patrick Boyle. 

He said the ice situation this winter has the potential to be quite hazardous.

Kids of all ages struggle, and some more so than others. This is why the school counselor caseload management and student support services in the Southeast Cornerstone Public School Division are being refreshed, moving toward a strength-based approach for students from Kindergarten to Grade 12.

Online learning this fall has become streamlined at the provincial level, through the Saskatchewan Distance Learning Centre.

CEO Darren Gasper said the registration is still coming in and likely will continue to do so in the coming weeks.

Online learning this fall has become streamlined at the provincial level, through the Saskatchewan Distance Learning Centre.

CEO Darren Gasper said the registration is still coming in and likely will continue to do so in the coming weeks.

Online learning this fall has become streamlined at the provincial level, through the Saskatchewan Distance Learning Centre.

CEO Darren Gasper said the registration is still coming in and likely will continue to do so in the coming weeks.

With their annual Cornhole Tournament on Saturday, the final planned parkwide events of the season have wrapped up as of this past weekend for Mainprize Regional Park.

Park Manager Michelle Walsh said they have nothing planned for the long weekend, but part of the reason is that many of their park staff are university students who are returning to classes.

Bats are a valuable part of the ecosystem as they are crucial aerial insectivores, and they even protect crops and gardens from pests. However, a fungal 'white nose syndrome' is devastating to a whole roost of bats during hibernation. This is why researchers at the University of Saskatchewan are working on the conservation of two endangered bat species, the little brown bats and the northern myotis bats.