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Monday’s record heat will make way for wet and cool end of week May 18, 2021 An early taste of summer weather rolled into Saskatchewan on Monday, with Environment Canada reporting 19 new daily maximum temperature records. Swift Current set the lone new high temperature record in the Southwest on May 17, with the temperature rising to 31.2 Celsius. The new record broke the former mark of 30.7 Celsius set in 2006, and it stands as the warmest May 17 since records have been kept dating back t...

(980 CJME file photo) As parts of the province brace for some moisture, a professor at the University of Saskatchewan says it couldn’t come at a better time. John Pomeroy, the director of hydrology at the university, described the current conditions felt in the province as extreme. “Large swaths of Saskatchewan are in an extreme drought right now. In fact, 93 per cent of the agricultural part of the prairie provinces are either abnormally dry or in moderate to extreme drought,” Pomeroy s...

May 21-22   All drive-thru and walk-in clinics will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that there are a small number of hybrid booked appointment/walk-in clinics, which is indicated at the clinic location – no appointment is necessary to attend these clinics. Residents can attend at their convenience.  However, if you have a booked appointment and choose to attend a drive-thru or walk-in clinic, please ensure you cancel this appointment to allow others eligible to take ...

240 Wellington Avenue (St. Marys Cultural Centre)   All drive-thru and walk-in clinics will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that there are a small number of hybrid booked appointment/walk-in clinics, which is indicated at the clinic location – no appointment is necessary to attend these clinics. Residents can attend at their convenience.  However, if you have a booked appointment and choose to attend a drive-thru or walk-in clinic, please ensure you cancel this appo...

Saskatchewan transports 70 per cent of its oil from the mainline, which connects to Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline.

The NDP is condemning the SaskParty's record on jobs. Opposition leader Ryan Meili says 80 percent of the new ...

WHL 2020-21 Standings FacebookTwitterEmail 14 y _ clinched division title; Note: League will not hold playoffs after conclusion of 2021 regular season due to virus protocols; depending upon number of postponed or cancelled games, teams will be ranked at conclusion of season based upon winning percentage (schedule subject to change); Winning team receives two points; a team losing in overtime or shootout receives one, which is registered in the OTL or SOL column. Tuesdays results

The Saskatchewan real estate market continues to build momentum and set another sales record in April. Real estate sales and new listings were both up in Weyburn, along with sales volume. Across . . .

Chaplin Street intersection project will impact downtown traffic for the next six to eight weeks May 11, 2021 Starting Tuesday morning an important downtown Swift Current intersection will be closed for a six to eight week period in order to complete a major construction project. The intersection of Chaplin St. W. and 1st Ave. N.W. will be closed for the remainder of May and into mid to late June in order to install new sewer and water mains, along with repaving the intersection and installing ...

By Jim Smalley Seeding is advancing rapidly across southwest Saskatchewan. The crops extension specialist in Swift Current, Shannon Chant, estimates about half the crop is in the ground. She says soil moisture is relatively poor and most of the area needs rain. Chant expects it will take a couple weeks to wrap up seeding in the southwest unless delayed by rain.