Sask. snow storm shuts down highways, grounds flights and delays city services

A storm that began Saturday has blanketed western Saskatchewan in a deep cover of snow, shutting down some highways and delaying services in the province’s most populous cities.

A storm that began Saturday has blanketed western Saskatchewan in a deep cover of snow, shutting down some highways and delaying services in the province’s most populous cities.

Canada’s weather service says heavy and blowing snow will continue to move eastward into Monday morning, with wind gusts up to 60 kilometres an hour.

“If you’re in Saskatoon it’s kind of peaked and it’s starting to slowly come down,” Environment Canada Meteorologist Justin Shaer told CTV News on Sunday morning.

“Towards the southeast of the province, from Regina to Yorkton, Carlisle — [still] very much in the thick of it right as we speak,” he said.

“We’ve gotten reports of really low visibility and lots of heavy snow coming down there. So they’re going to be in it for quite a bit, until this evening when everything starts to ease up.”

As of Sunday morning, Saskatchewan Highway Hotline said travel was not recommended around Moose Jaw, between Prince Albert and Big River, Saskatoon toward Lanigan, and between Davidson and Dundurn.

The highway from North Battleford to Kindersley was closed Sunday morning, with the highway hotline reporting zero visibility, slippery sections, loose snow, snow drifts and swirling snow.