REGINA – On Oct. 30, Premier Scott Moe said Saskatchewan residents wouldn’t pay the carbon tax on natural gas home heating if the those using home heating oil (principally in Atlantic Canada) were excluded from paying the carbon tax. That was in response...
The “Just Transition” legislation currently before the House of Commons Natural Resources Committee mentions unions a fair bit. It also mentions five-year plans, which was a common practice for moulding the economies of the Soviet Union and China. However, outside of...
There’s a disturbance in the force of global shipping, as if a major transit point started slipping away. If you haven’t been paying attention (and why would you?), there’s a very serious problem occurring a few thousand miles to the south of us, one that...
CALGARY – Even though the past year has seen relatively decent oil prices, as high as US$94 per barrel a few weeks ago, Saskatchewan has not seen a related increase in drilling activity. Indeed, the pronounced lack of a pickup in activity in Saskatchewan was...
REGINA – On Nov. 7, Federated Co-op and AGT Foods held an open house regarding two upcoming major projects – a hydrogenated renewable diesel (HRD) refinery and a canola crush facility, both of which will be built adjacent to the Co-op Refinery Complex on the...
