And how much of this lays at the Saskatchewan Party government’s feet? Oil prices are now US$94 a barrel, and yet oil industry activity levels in Saskatchewan are more like when it was US$40 a barrel. A lot of people in the industry I’ve spoken to in recent days...
ESTEVAN – The possibility of converting portions of Saskatchewan’s remaining coal fleet to natural gas keeps coming up, both from SaskPower and the government. And there appears to be a new twist not previously mentioned – continuing to use the Boundary Dam Unit 3...
ESTEVAN – Just how many nuclear reactors is SaskPower planning for? SaskPower president and CEO Rupen Pandya addressed Estevan City Council as part of the company’s ongoing consultations, and touched on the subject in that presentation and in an interview...
The Southeast Techhub in Estevan hosted Al Shpyth on Sept. 22 to speak about nuclear power development – a key issue since Estevan is considered one of two possible sites for the province’s first nuclear power reactors. Shpyth noted “I am not a...
Editor’s note: Again, sometimes its best to just hear it from the horse’s mouth. This is the Sept. 20 press release from Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault, sent “Canada’s Ambassador for Climate Change” to the United...
