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...
REGINA – It didn’t take long for SaskEnergy to set another natural gas consumption record. On Jan. 6, this province’s natural gas usage hit 1.66 petajoules (PJ). The previous daily record was set on December 29, 2021. “This marks the fifth time in the past two weeks...
CORRECTION: This story initially reported that Alberta has 736 megawatts of wind 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...
