City of Saskatoon embracing its first blast of winter [Video]

Tuesday morning was a rude awakening for people across Saskatchewan. Saskatoon is one of many communities hit by a blast of November snow.

While the brunt of this snowstorm was felt out east, Saskatoon city crews have been hard at work digging out from the fresh dump of snow.

“Our operations started last night. Our crews have been working around the clock, throughout the night,” said Goran Saric, Saskatoon’s Director of Roadways, Fleet and Support. “The focus was on minimizing snow accumulation on our high traffic, high-speed streets such as Circle Drive and College Drive.”

The city has activated contractor crews to assist with snow clearing. They are focusing on priority one streets within the next 72 hours, and will then move on to priority two and three streets.

“One of the challenges is some of the work had to be re-done this morning and may have to be re-done …