ESTEVAN – TS&M Supply celebrated its 50th anniversary on July 28 with a barbecue in front of their Estevan branch, followed by a gold tournament the next day. The company has been supplying the southeast Saskatchewan oilpatch since 1973, when it was founded...
“Coal transition” in action for dragline and dozer operator ESTEVAN – There’s been a lot of talk about “just transition,” “energy transition” and “coal transition,” but precious little action converting fossil fuel workers to new industries. Rod Cullen, a coal miner...
ESTEVAN – The next generation of scientists and engineers dealing with carbon capture have made their way, once again, to Saskatchewan, to learn about first large scale implementation of carbon capture on a coal-fired power facility. This past week, the...
Ontario and Bruce Power begin planning for massive new nuclear power addition KINCARDINE, Ontario – Bruce Power and the Province of Ontario announced initial work on the first major new nuclear power generating station in this country in two generations. This...
Minister of Natural Resources comes to Regina to speak about “just transition” REGINA – We’re still going to use oil and gas, but we’re not going to burn it. That is, except for power generation, coupled with carbon capture. We need to adapt to a net-zero...
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...
