Editor’s note: Graham Shirley and his wife, Nancy, were kind enough to allow me to interview them in 2017 as their family-owned and operated company, Bert Baxter Transport Ltd., had reached its 60th year. The Shirleys’ home is just down the street from me,...
Saskatchewan’s coal industry receives a stay of execution REGINA, ESTEVAN, CORONACH – For years, the conventional coal-fired power industry in Saskatchewan has been living under a death sentence, one to be carried out in four years, six months and 12 days from now....
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...
Two major natural gas-fired power plants in Alberta going offline at the same time caused the Alberta’s electrical contingency reserves to fall to zero in the late afternoon on Tuesday, June 17. According to the Alberta Electric System Operator’s (AESO) event log,...
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...
By Dylan Robertson in Kananaskis Escalating violence in the Middle East overshadowed movement on trade deals within the G7 on Monday, as U.S. President Donald Trump departed the summit in Alberta a day early because of the crisis in Israel and Iran. The abrupt plan to...
