SaskPower is reporting multiple outages across southern Saskatchewan as a wave of high winds descends on the province as part of the latest spring storm.

As of 1 p.m. the Crown corporation reported 10 transmission structures had been damaged in southwest portions of Saskatchewan due to severe windstorms.

The storm-related damage has impacted customers in Eastend, Robsart, Vidora, Consul, Claydon and rural areas towards the U.S. border and Alberta, according to SaskPower.

Since Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., Travis Seifert said his family, who lives in Consul, has been without power.

“There’s power poles that came down,” he said. “Luckily, we got a generator so we can run a couple things. We’ve actually been without power quite a few times this winter, so it’s nothing new to us.”

According to an Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) alert issued Wednesday, widespread westerly winds of 70 kilometres per hour (km/h) are expected to continue throughout Thursday, with gusts as high 110 km/h.

As a result, communities in the southwest of the province are expected to be without power until Friday.

Live updates to our storm coverage can be found below:

5:23 p.m. – RCMP respond to multiple vehicle, semi accidents

Saskatchewan RCMP reported various incidents of vehicle collisions in southern parts of the province from extreme winds.

Overturned semis and trailers were reported on Kalium Road near Belle Plaine, north of Regina near Township Road 184, west of Webb on Highway 1.

RCMP also responded to a two-vehicle collision involving a semi on Highway 39, south of Highway 1 near Moose Jaw.

Delays for travelling in southern parts of the province are expected as extreme winds are forecasted for Thursday evening.

Police remain on scene at the incidents and injuries are unknown.

4:55 p.m. – Unsafe repairs in Weyburn area

As of 4:56 p.m., SaskPower confirmed crews are unable to provide a timeline to how long repairs will take in Weyburn, as well as Creelman and Heward due to unsafe wind conditions to “remove a tree” from the powerline.

4:00 p.m. – Crews sent further southeast

Communities without power have stretched further southeast of the province.

A planned outage for people south of Bredenbury, Churchbridge and surrounding customers are expected between 4:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. as SaskPower crews were sent to the rural area north of Esterhazy for an emergency repair of a damaged crossarm.

Crews have also been sent to Carlyle, Gainsborough and Carievale to investigate outages.

3:40 p.m. – Regina sees outage

At 3:40 p.m., SaskPower crews were dispatched to Wood Meadows, Windsor Park, The Greens, and Gardiner Height areas of the city after power outages were reported.

All surrounding rural areas including White City and Balgonie were also impacted.

The cause and repair time for the outages reported in Regina are being determined.

3:15 p.m. - More power outages reported

The list of power outages continues to grow as high winds batter much of southern Saskatchewan.

In Regina, outages cover much of Regina’s north and west ends. A large area north of the city, including Lumsden, Craven, Edenwold and Chamberlain, also reported no power.

Other outages include the area both west and south of Moose Jaw, Weyburn and its surrounding region, extending south to the U.S. border and the area around Moose Mountain Provincial Park, including the communities of Carlyle, Kennedy, Langbank and Wawota.

These outages follow widespread incidents in southwest Saskatchewan.

2 p.m. - Dust storm warning issued

At 2:06 p.m. ECCC issued a dust storm warning for much of southeast and south central Saskatchewan. The warning area includes the communities of Coronach, Weyburn, Estevan, Carlyle, Carnduff among others.

Strong westerly winds are expected to produce poor visibility thanks to blowing dust.

The winds are expected to lessen Thursday evening, according to ECCC.

11 a.m. - SaskPower acting fast, safely

Joel Cherry, a spokesperson for SaskPower, told CTV News crews are working towards repairing the damaged transmission structures.

“We were able to restore some communities through switching, but the community of Eastend is fed only by the line that’s damaged and so we need to complete repairs there before we can restore power,” Cherry said Thursday morning.

As the high winds are expected to continue throughout the day on Thursday, Cherry added safety for workers also remain top priority.

“High winds especially, but also wet conditions can hinder restoration attempts,” he said. “For example, our crews have gotten into the area … We’re doing everything we can to secure the site and do the work that we can do at ground level, but repairs that require a bucket truck to do, we’re not able to do safely until the winds subside a little bit.”

What’s causing the major winds?

Terri Lang, a meteorologist with ECCC, said the cause of major windstorms are because of a “deep low pressure system” that has come from Alberta.

“It’s deepening rapidly, which is what causes the really, really strong winds. We don’t often see winds this strong, but in the in the spring, it’s more common than not,” Lang explained.

“We also have a big push of cold air coming in from the Arctic. When you combine the really warm air that we had the last couple of days and some cold air, and a rapidly deepening low pressure system, that’s when you have that combination for really strong winds.”

Those in the area are encouraged to take necessary precautions and monitor SaskPower for further updates.

A 16-year-old has been charged after allegedly threatening a school in north Regina.

According to the Regina Police Service (RPS), a student made comments about bringing a gun to a school located in the 5700 block of Rochdale Boulevard.

These comments were then reported to police at around 4:25 p.m. Wednesday.

Officers launched an investigation and were able to both identify and find the suspect who was arrested without incident that same day.

The 16-year-old boy, who cannot be named due to the protections of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, has been charged with one count of uttering threats.

The accused made his first appearance in Regina Provincial Youth Court at 9:30 a.m. Thursday.

Additionally, a 38-year-old man, who also cannot be identified, is charged with carless storage of a firearm.

He is set to make his first appearance in Regina Provincial Court on June 17.

Police are investigating after a man was shot and wounded inside a home in Regina’s North Central Neighbourhood.

According to the Regina Police Service (RPS), at around 7:15 a.m. Thursday, officers were called to the 900 block of Retallack Street for a reported firearms offence.

The caller told officers someone had shot at a house in the area. Police eventually found the victim inside a home on the 300 block of Smith Street.

The 29-year-old was taken to hospital by EMS with what appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries stemming from a gunshot wound.

The investigation is ongoing. RPS encourages anyone who may have information that could assist investigators to reach out to police or Regina Crime Stoppers.

Bell Canada has named Bird Construction as its lead construction partner for its AI data centre in the Rural Municipality of Sherwood, along with future projects.

The long-term partnership with the company, announced on Thursday, will prioritize local and Indigenous employee participation, with Bird serving as Bell Canada’s preferred construction company, as it supports a multi-year national AI data centre buildout.

The Sherwood AI data centre marks the first project under the partnership.

Bird Construction was founded in Moose Jaw in 1920 and has delivered large-scale infrastructure and energy projects across Saskatchewan since then, according to Bell.

Regina-based Alton Tangedal Architect Ltd. and George Gordon Developments Ltd. were also confirmed to be assigned to the project, with Tangedal appointed as Architect of Record, and George Gordon Developments Ltd appointed to maximize business opportunities.

The Sherwood facility was first announced in March, with work at the site beginning earlier this month. Hipperson Construction was previously announced as a contractor for the early phases of construction.

The 300-megawatt facility is projected to cost $1.7 billion to build and generate up to $12 billion in long-term economic value.

Seeding in Saskatchewan is progressing slowly due to dry and windy conditions in the province this week.

According to the provincial crop report covering May 5 to May 11, seeding is now at 16 per cent complete, a 13 per cent jump from the last report.

However, it is still lagging behind the five year average of 28 per cent and the 10-year average of 27 per cent.

The southwest region of the province is furthest ahead at 34 per cent, followed by the southeast at 24 per cent. The west-central region is 13 per cent complete, the east-central region is at eight per cent, the northwest region is six per cent complete, and the northeast region is only one per cent complete.

The seeded acres that have made progress are pulse crops, such as field peas and lentils, followed by cereals and oilseed crops.

Topsoil moisture is mostly adequate. While limited rainfall in the province this week allowed for more seeding progress, dry and windy conditions reduced the amount of water in the soil, resulting in several areas reporting shortages.

According to the report, most producers in the province are not concerned with water quality for their livestock, with 75 per cent of producers reporting no shortage of on-farm water supplies.

The Moose Jaw Police Service has reinstated former Superintendent Taylor Mickleborough following a more than year and a half long dispute over his dismissal.

The department announced the officer’s return on Thursday. Mickleborough was dismissed on Sept. 30, 2024 by then MJPS Chief Rick Bourassa. Mickleborough appealed his dismissal shortly thereafter.

Prior to the appeal hearing, Bourassa retired from his role as chief in February of 2025. At that point, the Chief’s in-house legal counsel withdrew from the file, citing a conflict of interest, the department wrote in its update.

External legal counsel was retained by MJPS to provide an opinion on the evidence that was used in Mickleborough’s dismissal.

The former superintendent also hired legal counsel to review the dismissal.

The findings of the review were presented to Chief Robert Davis, who assumed his role as head of MJPS in August 2025.

Davis ultimately decided to reinstate Mickleborough based on the findings of the review - citing several factors, including the former superintendent’s 25 years of service with MJPS and the fact he never faced disciplinary measures prior to his dismissal.

“First and foremost, we have based our current decision with the well-being of everyone in the workplace in mind,” Davis said. “I have little doubt that a public hearing would have been incredibly stressful for all involved, detrimental to the culture of the organization, diverted resources from their regular duties at a time when we all need to focus on the safety of the City and, in the end, would have resulted in Taylor’s full reinstatement.”

The chief described the decision as allowing a “organizational reset” while promising the service’s leadership will be attentive listeners and will be active in attending to its responsibilities while maintaining a respectful and safe workplace.

“The Moose Jaw Board of Police Commissioners has offered its thanks to both legal counsel for their attention and due diligence, and their support for Chief Davis in resolving a long outstanding legal issue that predates the current Chief and membership of the Board,” the service said in its announcement.

The specific details of the reinstatement will remain confidential for “reasons of privacy,” according to the department.

A former employee at the now-defunct University of Regina Students’ Union (URSU) has been awarded $77,380 in a wrongful termination suit.

As a result, U of R alumnus Haris Khan will receive 12 months of pay plus $10,000 for moral damages, based on a May 1 ruling at Regina’s Court of King’s Bench.

Khan was employed as URSU’s director of programs and public relations from March 2023 until his dismissal in February 2024.

Later in 2024, Khan sued URSU, claiming he was fired without cause. A termination letter sent to Khan cited alleged absenteeism, availability issues and failure to execute his responsibilities as the reasons for his firing.

In court, URSU’s legal counsel further alleged that Khan worked from home when not authorized to do so and failed to file his work timesheets properly when he did.

However, Justice Michael J. Morris stated that URSU had not established that it had just cause to dismiss Khan, stating URSU failed to conduct a reasonable investigation into Khan’s supposed absenteeism and also failed to provide him either 12 months’ notice or the minimum pay-in-lieu of notice as outlined in his contract and under the Saskatchewan Employment Act (SEA).

“I also conclude that “12 month’s” was intended to qualify both the requisite notice period to avoid the payment of severance, and the quantum of severance if no notice was given,” Morris wrote.

“Interpreting “severance” as potentially being less than 12 months’ pay in lieu of notice would be both inconsistent with the notice period and render the amount of severance ambiguous, neither of which would have reasonably been within both parties’ contemplation.”

URSU argued that Khan’s alleged absences occurred during a very crucial transitional period for URSU. However, Khan said this concealed the true reason for his firing, which he said was due to organizational restructuring.

According to court documents, Khan sought care immediately following his dismissal, leading his physician to describe his mental health as being “considerably impacted.”

“I accept that Mr. Khan suffered impacts on his mental health beyond those ordinarily attributable to job loss. Further, I conclude that URSU’s conduct caused these impacts,” Morris said, citing URSU’s aforementioned failures to investigate the alleged absenteeism and to comply with the SEA.

URSU was dissolved in October 2025, the same month it launched a defamation lawsuit against Khan and local waste disposal company Just Bins for allegedly defaming its reputation.

Due to URSU’s status as an “embattled students’ union that is being liquidated,” Morris said there was no need for further punitive damages beyond what it already owed to Khan.

Both Khan and URSU have leave to make written submissions on costs which must be served and filed within 21 days of the May 1 judgement.

An officer with the Regina Police Service (RPS) has been charged under the province’s privacy act following a recommendation from Saskatchewan’s Attorney General. The charge stems from repeated snooping incidents over the span of three years.

The service announced the development late Thursday afternoon.

In late 2025, the Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner released a report that found Const. Clinton Duquette accessed the personal information of six people 67 times on the RPS database over a period of three years, three months, and 15 days.

He had used the database to search a former partner, as well as members of her family and friends, without a valid work purpose.

Duquette, who is a 10-year-constable of the RPS, faced a one-day suspension, participation in mandatory Police Ethics and Accountability training, further Access and Privacy training, as well as random audits for a minimum of two years.

Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner, Grace Hession David, called the disciplinary measures “wholly inadequate,” and gave the RPS nine recommendations.

One of the recommendations included a review by Saskatchewan’s Attorney General, who consented to prosecution under section 56(6) of the Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (LAFOIP) last week.

According to the RPS, this is not a criminal code charge.

If convicted, Duquette will be subject to a fine of no more than $50,000 or to imprisonment for no more than a year.

In an update from the RPS on Thursday, Chief Lorilee Davies said she accepts the direction from the Attorney General.

“We are committed to making meaningful improvements to our processes and oversight and to be more reflective of the expectations of the public when it comes to police accountability,” she said in a statement. “This outcome sends a strong message not only to our employees but to the entire community when it comes to privacy.”

Duquette is scheduled to make his first appearance in Regina Provincial Court on June 15.

EVO Radio Network – Scheduled Maintenance Notice

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• Z103.5

• 979 The Cowboy

• 101 The Rockhound

• Classic 88.7 The Goat

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• All Stream Relay services will be unavailable during the migration.

Because this update involves server transfers, database installations, and name server changes, exact downtime periods cannot be guaranteed. Individual service interruptions may vary, with some components taking up to several hours to complete.

Our support and technical teams will work to keep all stations and websites online for as long as possible and will restore services immediately as each system becomes available. Broadcast services and station websites will be prioritized, followed by additional network services.

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