Freezing rain is once again causing chaos on Saskatoon streets. Photo taken in Saskatoon, Sask. on Dec. 20, 2022.Photo by Michelle Berg/Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Freezing rain leads to multiple collisions in Saskatoon

Police spent Saturday morning responding to "several collisions" on some of Saskatoon's main thoroughfares.

by · Saskatoon StarPhoenix

As colder weather sets in for the season, Saskatoon isn’t so much ‘walking in a winter wonderland’ as ‘driving over hazardously icy roads.’

On Saturday morning, Saskatoon was under a severe weather alert for “freezing drizzle” conditions, and police officers were imploring drivers to slow down and take extra care behind the wheel.

“Freezing drizzle can produce thin, hard-to-detect layers of ice (and there have been) reports of untreated surfaces becoming slippery,” Environment Canada explained in a weather alert.

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