SASKATOON – A Saskatchewan First Nation is getting into the helium game in this province, buying a non-operating stake in a new helium development near Val Marie, Saskatchewan. The new economic partnership with Royal Helium, announced on April 16, in turn will...
Very little was said about energy in the 2024 budget address. Here are the portions of Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s budget speech that are related to energy, including artificial intelligence, which presumably will eventually...
He took up rigs to pay for fire college. Now, 45 years later, he’s a volunteer fighter in Carlyle CARLYLE – What does a retired drilling company owner do after selling his company? Eventually he gets around to one of his dreams as a young man – becoming a...
UPDATED to include reference to eventual Saskatchewan-sourced rare earth elements SASKATOON – Two critical minerals announcements came out of the Saskatchewan government on April 15, involving opposite sides of the planet. One was in relation to processing rare...
LANIGAN – Even though the federal government doesn’t want Canadians to be using natural gas power generation (without carbon capture) by 2035, SaskPower turned sod on its next major power plant, the Aspen Power Station, 17 kilometres west of Lanigan on Friday, April...
