Weather

‘More and more worrisome:’ Dry conditions persist in Saskatchewan

Farmers are continuing to cope with a dry Saskatchewan spring.For weeks, farmers have been looking to the sky hoping for any drop of moisture to aid crops as seeding continues.Southwest farmer and agr...

May 13, 2021

Cashing in: SGI starts mailing out rebate cheques

The cheque is in the mail - or it will be shortly.SGI announced Tuesday it's starting to mail out around 709,000 rebate cheques to Saskatchewan residents this week, as was promised in February.The Cro...

May 11, 2021

Patterson headed for Nanaimo to take on director of hockey operations position

After three years with the La Ronge Ice Wolves, associate head coach and general manager Gaelan Patterson has accepted a position as director of hockey operations for the Nanaimo Minor Hockey Associat...

Apr 12, 2021

Saskatchewan ‘bone dry’ as warmth and wind erase soil moisture

Like a good martini, Saskatchewan has been dry lately.Actually, Environment Canada's senior climatologist, David Phillips, said it has been more like that for a while."We've seen, in that period from ...

Apr 08, 2021

La Ronge breaks nearly 100-year-old heat record

A stretch of warm weather in La Ronge last week broke temperature records, including one set nearly 100 years ago. According to Environment and Climate Change Canada Meteorologist Terri Lang, the curr...

Mar 22, 2021

Chance of flurries for La Ronge this week

La Ronge is forecasted to have more seasonal temperatures this week after a short stretch of hot weather in recent days."It didn't quite reach recording setting," Environment and Climate Change Canada...

Mar 08, 2021

Some central and northern communities expected to see near normal runoff this spring

The Water Security Agency (WSA) is following up its February spring runoff report saying some communities in northern and central Saskatchewan will have a near normal runoff.According to a media relea...

Mar 04, 2021

Ridge of high pressure to bring melting temperatures

The temperature is expect to reach 7 C in La Ronge by Saturday. That's according to Environment and Climate Change Canada meteorologist Terri Lang, who said the average temperatures for this time of y...

Mar 01, 2021

Break from freezing temperatures expected Sunday

Environment Canada is forecasting above freezing temperatures for La Ronge this Sunday.During the next few days, the temperature will rise from a high of -15 C on Thursday to 1 C on Sunday. Climate Ch...

Feb 18, 2021

Ridge of Arctic air moving through La Ronge

A ridge of Arctic air will push the temperature to -33 Celsius by Sunday.Climate Change and Environment Canada Meteorologist Sara Hoffman explained a low-pressure system moving through Saskatchewan ha...

Feb 04, 2021