Extra! Extra! Saskatchewan folks fleeing the province!
Have you heard?! Over the last week there have been thousands of Saskatchewan residents who have fled the province due to the unbearable cold winter weather!!
Well...not quite, but I am sure that many of the residents living in Canada's prairie provinces have at least thought about this over the past week.
This last week, Saskatchewan has had severe cold weather, with weather warnings regarding the wind chill stating that frostbite can occur on exposed skin in less than 10 minutes! We have had a wind chill warning in effect over the last 4 days, with extreme wind chill values of -40 and -45 degrees Celcius!
In Edmonton, AB - (which is only 20 minutes North of my hometown of Wetaskiwin, AB) they reached record lows yesterday of -58 degrees with the wind chill!!!
The excerpt below is from the Edmonton Sun newspaper:
The Alberta capital recorded the lowest temperature in North America overnight Saturday - and set a record as the lowest temperature on a Dec. 13 in the city's history - as the current deep freeze established records across the province.
"Edmonton International Airport was the coldest place in Canada," Peter Spyker, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said Sunday. "It was -46.1 [Celsius] without the wind chill. I believe at one point it got to -58 with the wind chill." - Edmonton Sun
Feel free to watch the newscast here on Edmonton's cold winter weather.
Have a great week, and for those of you suffering in the cold, keep warm! 
Mandy Morrison
Education Specialist