Icy roads caused an STC bus to block traffic near Canora, Sask. for several hours Friday night.

RCMP were called to Highway 5, two kilometres west of Canora, shortly after 10 p.m. A Saskatchewan Transportation Company bus had skidded sideways and was blocking both lanes of traffic. The bus wasn’t able to be moved until just after 1 a.m.

Road conditions were “icy and treacherous” at the time of the incident, police said.

Canora is located 48 kilometres north of Yorkton.