REGINA – It’s not often the minister largely responsible for implementing an idea to essentially phase out a nation’s most significant industry talks about that, here in Saskatchewan, but federal Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson did just that on...
REGINA, KIPLING – Hold on one second – the proposed Clean Electricity Regulations might not be entirely shutting the door on natural gas-fired power generation post-2035. But we might have to build very expensive carbon capture facilities on our gas-fired power...
OTTAWA – Technology, not taxes, transformation, not transition – those were some of the themes brought up by the federal Conservative Party of Canada in its dissenting opinion on a “just transition.” The House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural...
OTTAWA – The report’s name may not include the term “just transition,” but the House of Commons Natural Resources Committee report released on June 19 was all about it. And the report means to change Canada in almost every manner imaginable, from powering vehicles and...
The House of Commons Natural Resources Committee tabled its report on “Creating a Fair and Equitable Canadian Energy Transformation” late in the day on Monday, June 19, just a few days before Parliament is expected to rise for the summer break. The...
CORONACH, ESTEVAN, REGINA – Heavy rains in the Coronach area Friday night have resulted in the shutdown of the coal-fired Poplar River Power Station, just when high temperatures are putting pressure on SaskPower’s grid to keep everyone’s air conditioning running. The...
