Downed power lines and power poles were the theme of the weekend for Saskpower.

Sunday night a number of residents in Moose Jaw lost power on and off throughout the evening, with a section not getting power restored until early Monday morning.

Spokesperson for Saskpower, Joel Cherry, explains what caused most of the outages.

"It was a long day and night for our crews. When you see this sort of heavy, sticky snow, especially combined right now with the fact that there are still a lot of leaves on the trees which is causing the trees to be weighed down and we're having branches make contact with powerlines. All of the large outages have been resolved and there may be a few customers that are off here and there, but we are working to restore everyone right now."

"I know Moose Jaw specifically had a number of cases where trees fell on lines where we had to get the power back on. We also had outages in the Weyburn and Estevan areas, a little further west in the Wood Mountain area, and even this morning we had some calls of outages in Saskatoon."

With many of the outages here in Moose Jaw being caused by downed lines, it's extra important to be diligent if you run into one.

"If you do see a downed line you should always assume that it's live and it is extremely dangerous to be anywhere near it. Don't try and do anything with it yourself, make sure you keep at least a 10-metre distance from the line. Either call 911 or call Saskpower and we will get out there and make sure we get that line de-energized and repaired as soon as possible. For updates, a great resource is Saskpowers twitter feed."

While Moose Jaw should have everything restored by now, there are still smaller communities south of the friendly city that has not had power restored.

You can check the Saskpower for an up-to-date outage map here.

The commute to work may take a couple of extra minutes this morning as well.

Thanks to yesterdays winter storm - all highways in Southern Saskatchewan are listed with Winter Conditions Existing, or Travel Not Recommended - according to the Highway Hotline.

Highways surrounding Moose Jaw are dealing with slush and icy sections - including down Highway 1 toward the Queen City.

West of Moose Jaw in the Swift Current area, however, is listed as Travel not recommended - All the way to the Alberta border.