Rime ice, a type of frost, seen settled over Yellowknife on Friday. In the last few weeks there has been little sunlight, with mostly cloud cover so far this year. (Walter Strong/CBC) ...

Rime ice has formed on many outdoor surfaces, the result of water droplets in fog interacting with temperatures below freezing. (Trent Watts) It can create beautiful scenes, but it also causes ...

Rime ice - a phenomenon that occurs when supercooled water droplets found in freezing fog come into contact with an object that is below freezing - is weighing down power lines on the Prairies. As ...

The official White House Instagram account came under fire on Saturday after it took the liberty of boasting about President Donald Trump’s “winning” golf skills. The post included a photo of Trump’s ...

That, combined with wetter than usual snowfall, rime ice, and the lift sitting idle during the storm are what contributed to the unusual melt. One of the images posted to the Big White Ski resort ...

Rime ice is heavier and can damage trees and plants. It forms when temperatures drop as the moisture arrives, whereas when hoar frost forms, the air is already cold.

This wouldn't be the first time rime ice has caused problems in the area. Multiple days of fog and freezing fog on the central Prairies in early December 2018 resulted in more than 30,000 calls ...