Insights and Stories on Weather

Grain movement to Vancouver picking up

Dec. 20, 2021 at 7:33 pm CST

Western grain movement to the Port of Vancouver was at 60 per cent of normal as of Dec. 15 and is expected to continually improve, Mark Hemmes, Canada’s grain monitor and president of Quorum Corp. said in an interview Wednesday. “I think by next week it’s going to look a […]

U.S. tornadoes destroy chickens, tractors, silos

Dec. 13, 2021 at 6:36 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Precipitation eases drought conditions on Prairies

Dec. 9, 2021 at 5:45 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Wheat futures drop on weather view

Dec. 8, 2021 at 7:10 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

CN again reopens Kamloops-Vancouver corridor

Dec. 6, 2021 at 5:03 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Canola declines, durum drops in new StatsCan estimates

Dec. 3, 2021 at 11:35 am CST

MarketsFarm — There were very few surprises in Statistics Canada’s latest principal field crop production estimates released Friday — the first in 2021-22 to use a survey of producers. Nevertheless, they quantified just how severe last summer’s drought was in Western Canada. Canola production for the 2021-22 marketing year was […]

By Adam Peleshaty

CN rerouting trains, aims to re-open line to Vancouver on weekend

Dec. 1, 2021 at 6:27 pm CST

Reuters — Canadian National Railway (CN) said Wednesday it was aiming to reopen its track in the crucial Kamloops-to-Vancouver corridor in flood-hit British Columbia this weekend. The Pacific province, trying to rebuild after devastating floods in November, received more rain over the weekend and this week. CN operates one of […]

By Reuters

British Columbia braces for more heavy rain

Nov. 30, 2021 at 9:48 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — British Columbia is facing more heavy rains as the province tries to recover from massive floods and mudslides, Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth told reporters on Tuesday. Farnworth said crews were working to shore up dikes and dams, adding some roads would be closed protectively. Flooding […]

By Reuters

Prairie winter weather a sign of La Nina repeat

Nov. 30, 2021 at 9:30 pm CST

MarketsFarm — December marks the start of what meteorologists call “meteorological winter” — and this winter, the Pacific Ocean phenomenon known as La Nina may be rearing its head once again. La Nina (Spanish for “little girl”) is a climate pattern detected over the Pacific every few years where cooler […]

By Adam Peleshaty

B.C. extends fuel restrictions following flooding

Nov. 29, 2021 at 8:00 pm CST

Reuters — Government officials in British Columbia on Monday extended restrictions on the use of fuel by residents, saying it was needed for emergency vehicles as the region recovers from devastating floods. The order, first issued on Nov. 19, limits vehicles deemed “non-essential” by the government to 30 litres of […]

By Reuters