REGINA – It’s not every day that you get to announce two uranium mines are going ahead, but that’s what’s happening in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan may be working on developing nuclear power generation, but its long-term industry of uranium production is...
The promotional video shows a small creek trickling through a mossy patch in an otherwise brown, barren landscape, icebergs looming just offshore. A petroleum engineer dips a hand into the stream, then takes a sniff. “It smells like crude oil,” he says,...
There’s been a lot of talk about the coal refurbishment. Here’s the plan, the most detailed one Pipeline Online has seen to date. Back in June, 2025, the Government of Saskatchewan announced it would not be shutting down its coal-fired power generation...
REGINA – In recent years, and in particular the last year, there have been a lot of announcements and initiatives by the Saskatchewan Party government to dramatically expand power generation through nuclear reactors as well and transmission capacity and interties....
In January of 2025, the Saskatchewan government hinted at a bombshell: instead of shutting down its coal-fired power generation fleet by Dec. 31, 2029, it was considering refurbishing it and running it for many more years to come, as a bridge to nuclear power....
Boundary Dam Power Station, with its carbon capture plant on the left. Photo by Brian Zinchuk The new data centre in Regina has big implications for coal in Estevan and Coronach Editor’s note: This is a breaking story, and additional quotes may be added as they...
