Highways around Saskatchewan were getting treacherous late Monday.
The Highway Hotline put a “Travel Not Recommended” advisory on the Trans-Canada Highway, stretching from just east of Regina all the way to Saskatchewan Landing just east of Swift Current.
That stretch of highway was covered in ice, with drifting snow, packed-in snow and reduced visibility. The eastbound lanes were closed on Highway 1 from Rush Lake to Mortlach because of jackknifed semis.
Another major road where travel is not recommended is Highway 11 from Regina to Dundurn.
The same advisory applies to many roads in the same area, including Highway 6 north of Regina to Southey and south of the city to the 306 junction, Highway 33 southeast of Regina to Kronau, highways 2 and 301 near Moose Jaw, Highway 63 for 43 kilometres southwest of Moose Jaw, Highway 19 from Hodgeville to the Trans-Canada junction and Highway 363 near Hodgeville and Neidpath.
If you ve ever had dreams of having a private island residence in Northern Minnesota, there just so happens to be two for sale right now. Both are located near Crosslake, in the heart of the beautiful Brainerd Lakes Area.
The first of these properties includes a shoreline lot on Ox Lake, as well the only island on Ox Lake, known as Berg Island. Beside the shoreline property and the island (which is pretty cool in itself), there is also deeded access as part of the property purchase to Island Lake, which is part of the Whitefish Chain.
Ox Lake is a 240-acre private lake, with no public access and no navigable waterway to the Whitefish Chain. That said, watercraft and fishing traffic is limited to just those that have property on the lake. So, you can enjoy a quieter lake experience, or get this: the property, as listed by Zillow, offers deeded access to Island Lake (right across Route 66 from Ox Lake), which
From dolphins to rewilding: 11 environment-friendly holidays for 2021 Jane Dunford
Rewilding centres
The idea of rewilding – moving away from current forestry and agricultural techniques and allowing nature to thrive – is gaining ground.
One exciting new project is Wild Ken Hill in north Norfolk, where alongside pioneering regenerative farming and traditional conservation practices, a 400-hectare (1,000-acre) area is being returned to the wild, with the reintroduction of beavers, Exmoor ponies and old farm breeds like red poll cattle and Tamworth pigs. Visitors can already access Wild Ken Hill via public footpaths, but from April (hopefully) there will be a choice of 15 guided tours on offer (from £30), ranging from introductions to rewilding to nature-by-night walks and butterfly-spotting hunts. There are plans to allow camping later this year and for a glampsite to be up and running by 2022 (the Rose and Crown in Snettisham is a good base in the meantime,
Highways nearly all reopened after Wednesday blizzard
January 14, 2021
Driving conditions are slowly improving across the Southwest after Wednesday’s high winds and blizzard conditions.
As of 10:30 a.m. the TransCanada Highway from Rush Lake to Mortlach remained closed because of drifting snow and significant portions of icy and slippery sections. After being closed for over 12 hours, the TransCanada was re-opened from Carmichael to Swift Current.
Environment and Climate Change Canada reports that an intense Alberta clipper pounded Saskatchewan and Alberta on Wednesday, with a number of communities reporting over 100 kilometre per hour wind gusts.
Saskatchewan’s record peak gust was recorded in Bratts Lake, with the 143 kilometre per hour gust equivalent to an EF-1 tornado on the Enhanced Fuita scale for rating tornadoes. Additionally, wind recording sensors at a number of weather station went off line during the peak of the storm.
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Jan 14, 2021 7:03 AM
Regina s Cornwall Centre was hit by damage from the storm on Jan. 14, 2021 (Dominick Lucyk/980 CJME)
It was a case of hold on to more than your hat Wednesday night as a windstorm whipped through the province.
Environment Canada confirmed there was a gust of 143 kilometres per hour, a new provincial record.
(Video courtesy of Victor Fok)
“The winds were extremely strong. Out towards Bratt’s Lake, just south of Regina, they received the strongest wind gusts of 143 kilometres per hour. The Regina university reported a wind gust of 126 (km/h) and at the airport in Regina (there were) wind gusts of 115 (km/h),” Environment Canada meteorologist Mike Russo explained.