Provincial COVID-19 vaccine booster dose program expanding


		BLIZZARD WARNING	ISSUED BY: ENVIRONMENT CANADA START DATE: WEDNESDAY DEC 17, 2025 3:57 AM END DATE: WEDNESDAY DEC 17, 2025 7:57 PM
		BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND VISIBILITY FREQUENTLY NEAR ZERO IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. LOCATIONS: PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN, INCLUDING THE YELLOWHEAD AND TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY CORRIDOR. TOTAL SNOWFALL: 10 TO 20 CM, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS: NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY 70 TO 90 KM/H. TIMING: BEGINNING THIS MORNING AND MOVING SOUTHWARD THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AREAS ALSO UNDER A FREEZING RAIN WARNING MAY NOT SEE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS UNTIL LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. ENDING WEDNESDAY OVERNIGHT. REMARKS: A STRONG ALBERTA CLIPPER WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG, GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND LIKELY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO NEAR-ZERO VISIBILITY. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE. BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN NEAR-ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO SKSTORM@EC.GC.CA, CALL 1-800-239-0484 OR POST REPORTS ON X USING #SKSTORM. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ALERTING PROGRAM, PLEASE VISIT: HTTPS://WWW.CANADA.CA/EN/SERVICES/ENVIRONMENT/WEATHER/SEVEREWEATHER/WEATHER-ALERTS/COLOUR-CODED-ALERTS.


		FREEZING RAIN WARNING	ISSUED BY: ENVIRONMENT CANADA START DATE: WEDNESDAY DEC 17, 2025 5:14 AM END DATE: WEDNESDAY DEC 17, 2025 7:59 PM
		FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS: PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN AND SOUTHERN MANITOBA. TOTAL FREEZING RAIN AMOUNTS: 1 TO 2 MM. TIMING: WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING. REMARKS: A FEW HOURS OF FREEZING RAIN, AT TIMES HEAVY, ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON, BEFORE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME AREAS WILL BE ABOVE FREEZING AND WILL ONLY EXPERIENCE RAIN. ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL LIKELY BECOME ICY AND SLIPPERY. FREEZING RAIN WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN RAIN FALLING IN SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES CREATES ICE BUILD-UP AND ICY SURFACES. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO SKSTORM@EC.GC.CA, CALL 1-800-239-0484 OR POST REPORTS ON X USING #SKSTORM. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ALERTING PROGRAM, PLEASE VISIT: HTTPS://WWW.CANADA.CA/EN/SERVICES/ENVIRONMENT/WEATHER/SEVEREWEATHER/WEATHER-ALERTS/COLOUR-CODED-ALERTS.