“Saskatchewan’s leadership in asserting provincial jurisdiction over its energy future deserves recognition. While the federal mandate to phase out coal-fired electricity by 2030 posed existential threats to entire communities, this new direction offers...
Editor’s note: In late June, Federated Co-operatives Limited will be celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Regina Refinery Complex. In September, 2022, Pipeline Online published a six-part series on the two Grant Devine-era heavy oil upgraders, and their...
Minister of Crown Investments Corp. and SaskPower Jeremy Harrison explains how Saskatchewan will indeed proceed with rebuilding its three coal-fired power stations and run them for years as a bridge to eventual baseload nuclear power generation. This is the most...
Editor’s note: Graham Shirley and his wife, Nancy, were kind enough to allow me to interview them in 2017 as their family-owned and operated company, Bert Baxter Transport Ltd., had reached its 60th year. The Shirleys’ home is just down the street from me,...
Saskatchewan’s coal industry receives a stay of execution REGINA, ESTEVAN, CORONACH – For years, the conventional coal-fired power industry in Saskatchewan has been living under a death sentence, one to be carried out in four years, six months and 12 days from now....
