Wednesday morning, Alberta’s wind and solar power had flatlined to next to zero, again. Coffee makers in Edmonton and Calgary were not running on wind. As the sun had not yet risen at 7:26 a.m. on Jan. 11, only 1 megawatt of power was being produced from solar, as is...
VIRDEN, MAN. – Some people really like working. And Bruce Bailey would be example No. 1. Bruce and his wife Beverley retired from Fontana’s Trucking (2006) Ltd. on Dec. 31, after 39 years running it, and 16 years after they sold it in 2006. He was going to stick...
REGINA – On Jan. 10, SaskEnergy and the Regina Airport Authority (RAA) announced they are are piloting the use of new technology in Saskatchewan that could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the main heating system at the Regina International Airport (YQR) by about...
Well, that didn’t take long at all. On Monday, Jan. 9, Canada’s Defence Minister Anita Anand finally announced that Canada will, indeed, be buying 88 F-35A Lightning II fighter planes, which we, in our Canadian way, will dub the CF-35A. The price is $19...
CALGARY — Cenovus Energy Inc. provided an update on Jan. 8 regarding its downstream operations following recent extreme winter storms and severe cold temperatures at the company’s U.S. and Canadian refining operations, coupled with unplanned operational...