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 –...
ESTEVAN – The June 18th announcement that Saskatchewan would be rebuilding its coal fleet has massive repercussions for the Rural Municipality of Estevan No. 5. Most of the coal mining takes place within the RM of Estevan, with some in the adjacent RM of Coalfields....
This is Part 6 of a 6-part series on the two heavy oil upgraders built in Saskatchewan is based on the book So Much More We Can Be: Saskatchewan’s Paradigm Shift and the Final Chapter on the Devine Government 1982-1991, by Edward Willett, Gerard Lucyshyn and Joseph...
ESTEVAN – It was an emotional day for Ken Hoste when the Government of Saskatchewan told SaskPower workers that it intended to rebuild its coal-fired power generation fleet, instead of shutting it down in four years, six months and 12 days. The phone of...
Editor’s note: In late June, Federated Co-operatives Limited will be celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Regina Refinery Complex. In September, 2022, Pipeline Online published a six-part series on the two Grant Devine-era heavy oil upgraders, and their lasting...
Editor’s note: In late June, Federated Co-operatives Limited will be celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Regina Refinery Complex. In September, 2022, Pipeline Online published a six-part series on the two Grant Devine-era heavy oil upgraders, and their lasting...
