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 –...
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...
