Tag Archives: Weather
Extremely high fuel and fertilizer prices headline challenges for farmers during stressful year
Harvest is getting close to being done across Saskatchewan putting an end to one of, if not the, most challenging year for farmers in the fields. The biggest issue during seeding and harvest has been ...
Oct 06, 2022
Warm temperatures forecasted until Thanksgiving, possibility of snow next week
Temperatures in La Ronge are well-above average for this time of year.That's according to Environment and Climate Change Canada Meteorologist Terri Lang, who explained the average high as of Oct. 4 wa...
Oct 04, 2022
Prime Minister Trudeau visits storm-damaged Quebec islands, promises aid for region
HAVRE-AUBERT, Que. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Quebec's les-de-la-Madeleine Thursday, promising federal support for the archipelago hammered by post-tropical storm Fiona last weekend. Trud...
Sep 29, 2022
Some in P.E.I. and Nova Scotia won't get electricity back until next week: utilities
HALIFAX - It will be Sunday or Monday before all communities in Prince Edward Island are reconnected to the electricity grid - more than a week after post-tropical storm Fiona yanked down power lines ...
Sep 29, 2022
Damages from spring derecho in Ontario, Quebec now top $1 billion
OTTAWA - Repair bills from the cluster of wind storms that pummeled southern Ontario and western Quebec in May are now over $1 billion, and with contractors stretched thin the recovery will last well ...
Sep 29, 2022
Canadians in Florida dealing with fallout from Hurricane Ian
Tiffany Thomas headed to a Tampa-area hospital being used as a shelter in search of a cellphone signal and internet on Thursday after Hurricane Ian knocked out power and phone service in her neighbour...
Sep 29, 2022
Trudeau visits N.L. town devastated by Fiona, says Ottawa 'will be there' to help
CHANNEL-PORT AUX BASQUES, N.L. - Distraught residents of a southwestern Newfoundland town shared stories of survival with Justin Trudeau on Wednesday as the prime minister got a close look at yet anot...
Sep 28, 2022
Fiona fallout: Nova Scotia premier blasts cellphone companies' lack of co-operation
HALIFAX - The premier of Nova Scotia has issued a stinging rebuke to the telecommunications companies that serve the province, saying too many residents were still without cellphone service four days ...
Sep 28, 2022
Trudeau says stronger infrastructure needed after viewing Fiona damage in Maritimes
STANLEY BRIDGE, P.E.I. - Justin Trudeau travelled Tuesday to Nova Scotia and P.E.I., where he pledged to find ways to build more resilient infrastructure after inspecting the extensive damage caused b...
Sep 27, 2022
In Port aux Basques, N.L., residents reeling after Fiona destroys dozens of homes
CHANNEL-PORT AUX BASQUES, N.L. - Jocelyn Gillam knows she's lucky to be alive after coming face-to-face with the post-tropical storm that destroyed part of her southwestern Newfoundland town and nearl...
Sep 26, 2022