Prolonged street light outages in Winnipeg are prompting concerns about road and sidewalk safety, with some blocks being in the dark for days or weeks at a time when the sun is going down earlier.

A street light off on Kensington Road in Calgary. The city says there are about 100,000 street lights in Calgary. (Lily Dupuis/CBC) ...

The impact of the collision caused the iron cargo to spill across the road, and a significant amount of oil leaked from the vehicle ...