By Chelsea Laskowski

Heavy spring snow, quick power outages hit central Sask.

Apr 26, 2015 | 1:07 PM

SaskPower crews were busy dealing with power outages caused by the heavy snow and ice buildup over the weekend.

Residents in Prince Albert reported outages within the city, and SaskPower tweeted about outages north of the city around noon on Sunday.

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_GB/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3”; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’));

Saskpower’s reporting outages in P.A. rural, Christopher Lake, and Whapeton First Nation. Crews are on their way but they don’t know yet when power will be back on for affected people.

Posted by panow.com on Sunday, 26 April 2015

However, about an hour later SaskPower stated power was restored north of the city.

Farming

Flooding creates seeding delays across northeast region

6h ago

Smile Cookie Week

Tasty fundraiser serves up over $37K for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Prince Albert

7h ago

Bug forecast

Mosquito numbers still average for now, but experts warn increase may come after spring runoff

8h ago

Around noon people were experiencing outages in the Cornerstone and East Flat areas.

Around midafternoon on Saturday, a traffic light near the Cornerstone area was still out.

Those areas were a few of many outages over the weekend.

A huge section of Saskatoon’s west side was plunged into darkness Saturday after power was knocked out in 18 neighbourhoods.

Within Saskatoon, the City of Saskatoon dealt with the outages, which were traced to ice buildup at power supplies.

On Sunday, CKOM’s Lasia Kretzel showed some of the results from the heavy, wet snow overnight.

Power is slowly coming back around #yxe as crews remove branches from power lines #skoutage @CKOMNews pic.twitter.com/9RdC6KBs5j

— Lasia Kretzel (@lkretzel) April 26, 2015

This is what happens when branches and power lines mix #burn #yxe @CKOMNews #skoutage pic.twitter.com/iNvsiFe2ge

— Lasia Kretzel (@lkretzel) April 26, 2015

SaskPower crews were also busy around Dundurn, Lake Lenore, and St. Denis on Sunday.

– with files from CKOM.

panews@jpbg.ca

On Twitter: @princealbertnow

by Chelsea Laskowski

Heavy spring snow, quick power outages hit central Sask.

What's Trending