ESTEVAN – When the announcement that coal, Estevan’s primary business, was not going away in 2030, Estevan Mayor Tony Sernick had one of the best sleeps he’d had in a long time. “I had the best sleep probably in January, when I got introduced to the idea,...
 If you haven’t been following closely, it would be easy to get confused about the flurry of announcements and projects involving exporting products, including oil, from ports on Hudson Bay. In recent days and weeks there has been discussion of not one, but three...
ESTEVAN – When you walk to the end of the lane of Lori Carr’s acreage south of Estevan, there are several things that dominate the skyline. Beyond the hay bales is a pumpjack and a dragline. And beyond that dragline, you can see Shand Power Station in...
The footprint of Saskatchewan’s burgeoning lithium play in southeast Saskatchewan is growing, as is the value of the bids for land, if not the total dollar amount. The Government of Saskatchewan’s first subsurface mineral public offering of the fiscal year, held...
PERTH, AUSTRALIA – Arizona Lithium is selling its namesake property to go all-in on its Prairie Lithium project at Torquay, Saskatchewan. If that sounds a little complicated, it’s because it is. Arizona Lithium is a Perth, Australia-based lithium developer....
ESTEVAN – Eight years. That’s how long the leadership of United Mine Workers of America Local 7606 has been fighting what until very recently was a losing battle to maintain coal mining jobs at the Westmoreland Estevan Mine. They can tell from Ashley Johnson’s email –...
