On Jan. 19, I spoke with John Gormley on CJME/CKOM about how thing are going in the energy sector, now that oil prices have hit a recent high point. These are my notes that drove most of the discussion. Most of it made it in, but not all. Here’s the recording:...
REGINA – When Federated Co-operatives Ltd. (FCL) announced in November that they would be building a renewable diesel facility adjacent to the Regina Refinery Complex, an open question was where they would be getting the canola oil feedstock from? On Jan. 17, that...
REGINA – It’s too late to have taken advantage of the tremendous Fort McMurray boom, but that road linking La Loche to Fort McMurray is finally going to be built to an all-weather standard. On the Saskatchewan side, at least. No word on the Alberta side yet. On Jan....
CORRECTION: This story initially reported that Alberta has 736 megawatts of solar power installed. The Travers facility is listed by the Alberta Electric System Operator, but Travers in fact is not actually operational yet as it is under construction. So the total of...
ALIDA – A fire consumed an oilfield service company shop and its contents in Alida on Saturday, Jan. 8, but there were no injuries as a result of the fire. Some firefighters did get frostbitten, however. The Gold Star Service Inc. shop caught fire around 10 to 10:30...
