Tag Archives: summer

Mosquito populations appear to be spiking in Regina this week with city traps catching triple the average numbers for this time of year. "Our mosquito counts are actually above historical averages, ri...

The warm weather Saskatchewan saw during the spring looks to continue as summer officially begins. Summer starts at 4:34 p.m. Monday and Environment Canada's senior climatologist David Phillips says t...

Today marks the beginning of summer, it arrives at 4:34 p.m. It also marks the longest day of the year; the sun rose in Saskatoon at 4:46 this morning and the sun will set 9:31 p.m. 1. So what is the ...

Doing a 'tick check' takes on a whole new meaning when it comes to wood tick surveillance across Saskatchewan, especially when ticks are popping up in regions where no one is used to seeing them. Phil...

The Prairie North Health Region in the Battlefords is asking residents to help them keep track of ticks, because some that carry Lyme disease are showing up in places they hadn't before. Prairie North...

As the temperature climbs into the 30 C range, southern Saskatchewan has the potential to see some severe thunderstorms. Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm watch on Wednesday for southeas...

The first long weekend of the summer camping season is here - and a lot of people are taking full advantage. Some campgrounds - especially those close to Regina and Saskatoon are quite busy with eager...

For people enjoying a walk beneath the new leaves of the trees, it can be jarring to suddenly see a mass of caterpillars or worms. The hot temperatures of early spring have led to an early spike in te...

The Saskatchewan Science Centre is trying to help kids get less screen and more green. Children needing to cut back on electronics and instead spend more time outside playing and simply getting exerci...

First we had winter, which looked more like spring. Now that it's spring, it feels more like summer. Confusing, maybe, but people didn't seem to have any problem with the weather on Tuesday, realizing...