Budget 2025: Saskatchewan impacts: Industrial carbon tax is back on the menu, tax credits for nuclear
Mark Carney’s first budget as prime minister had a few concessions for the energy sector, but still insists on an industrial carbon tax for many years to come.
Op-Ed: CAPP on Budget 2025: Saskatchewan’s Place in Canada’s Energy Superpower Ambition
By any measure, Canada is already a global energy heavyweight. As the fourth-largest oil producer and fifth-largest natural gas producer in the world, our nation can become the world’s next energy superpower—with Saskatchewan as a key element.
In depth with the minister on Saskatchewan First Energy Security Strategy and Supply Plan
On Oct. 20, Minister of Crown Investments Corp. Jeremy Harrison presented the Saskatchewan First Energy Security Strategy and Supply Plan. Pipeline Online spoke to the minister afterwards to dig a little deeper into what exactly it all means, as Saskatchewan is getting serious about nuclear power generation, but using coal to get there.
Pipeline Online Popcast, Ep. 20: Estella Petersen, on opportunities for First Nations people in the oilpatch
Estella Petersen is a member of Cowessess First Nation and is a heavy equipment operator for a large operator in the oilsands. She speaks of how she got there, and the opportunities for First Nations people such as herself.
Jim Warren: The Keystone XL is a long way from being revived: The corpse twitches, but does not dance
It turned out to be a lot of smoke and mirrors. Bill C-5 did not come close to providing the approval guarantees sought by oil and pipeline industry leaders or the Government of Alberta. The infamous Bills C-48 and C-69 would remain in effect.
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New N.L. premier releases resignation note from man who quit Quebec energy deal panel
By Sarah Smellie Newfoundland and Labrador's new premier has published a resignation letter from an accountant who quit a panel overseeing the province's energy negotiations with Quebec's hydro utility, defying the former Liberal government's choice to keep the...
Cenovus ‘resolute in our commitment’ to MEG deal, CEO says
Oilsands giant Cenovus Energy Inc. foresees no further wrinkles in its takeover bid for MEG Energy Corp., a day after a shareholder meeting to approve the deal was delayed due to a last-minute regulatory issue.
Estevan Premier’s supper touches on decision to keep coal and coming nuclear power
It was quite the thing to see two unions listed among the sponsors for the Estevan Premier’s supper on Oct. 30, but there they were, the International Brotherhood of Electrical workers and United Mine Workers of America, alongside a coal mining company and an oilfield company.
Now Ontario is conducting a feasibility study for an east-west pipeline
Editor's note: Here is the verbatim Oct. 30 press release from the Government of Ontario on an energy corridor that would run from Western Canada to Ontario, but curiously has no mention of Quebec or Manitoba: TORONTO — As part of its plan to protect Ontario and...
Cameco, Brookfield and US Dept. of Energy to advance Westinghouse reactors: the implications for Saskatchewan
Just a week after Cameco was the major sponsor for the inaugural Canadian Nuclear Association West conference in Saskatoon, the Saskatchewan uranium producer had a massive announcement furthering nuclear power generation in the United States. There are considerable implications for Saskatchewan, which last week committed to building nuclear power generation.
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Saskatchewan commits to nuclear power generation: The full press conference video
In his speech and in the document, Harrison laid out how Saskatchewan will continue to burn coal for power as it goes towards a nuclear power generation future. And in his speech he made clear in no uncertain terms we are going to be producing nuclear power. Up until this point there’s been strong suggestions that this province would be going nuclear, but his statements, and that of Premier Moe the following day, have been the most unequivocal to date.
Alberta’s latest pipeline push dredges up ghosts of projects past
Few are as acquainted with Canada’s graveyard of defunct oil pipelines as Alex Pourbaix, a former executive at the company behind the Keystone XL and Energy East proposals.
“You can see the scars on my back,” he quipped at a news conference earlier this month, twisting his body at the lectern for emphasis.
Cenovus Energy raises MEG Energy offer, wins Strathcona support
Cenovus Energy Inc.’s takeover of MEG Energy Corp. appears poised to win shareholder approval later this week after the oilsands giant raised what it had said was its “best and final” offer and secured the support of one-time rival Strathcona Resources Ltd.
Laying out the Saskatchewan First Energy Security Strategy and Supply Plan, with impacts for up to a century
On Oct. 20, Minister of Crown Investments Corporation Jeremy Harrison released the “Saskatchewan First Energy Security Strategy and Supply Plan.” It’s an in-depth plan to ensure we keep the lights on for the next 24 years.
B.C. First Nations make legal challenges to huge Ksi Lisims LNG project
Two British Columbia First Nations are taking the federal government to court to quash a decision approving the Ksi Lisims floating natural-gas facility and marine export terminal.
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Premier Smith affirms Alberta’s 2050 net zero goal in testy committee appearance
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith reiterated her province’s commitment to becoming a carbon neutral economy by 2050 at a parliamentary committee on Thursday, where MPs are studying Canada’s emissions reduction plan for the end of this decade.
Carney says ports, minerals key to his plan to double non-U.S. exports
Building up port infrastructure and exporting more resources like the critical minerals in Ontario’s Ring of Fire are key parts of Ottawa’s plans to double non-U.S. exports, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday.
Federal $2B contribution to Ontario nuclear project has major implications for Saskatchewan
A major development in the deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs) in Ontario is crucially important for Saskatchewan, whose government just this week made clear it is for sure planning on building nuclear power generation.
Everything energy in the Saskatchewan Speech from the Throne
Two days after releasing its “Saskatchewan First Energy Security Strategy and Supply Plan,” the Sask Party government presented its Speech from the Throne on Oct 22.
Here’s everything in the Throne Speech related to energy, which was included under the topic of the economy.
Carney vows budget will spur ‘unprecedented’ investment, but warns of ‘sacrifices’
Prime Minister Mark Carney promised the nation Wednesday evening the fall budget will spur unseen levels of private sector investments, but at the same time he warned that sacrifices are in store.
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Helium Evolution reaches major milestone with first helium produced for market
t’s been a long road, but there are now trucks rolling down that road, carrying Helium Evolution’s first product to market.
Saskatchewan is going nuclear, with a new energy security strategy
“Here in Saskatchewan, we are going to have power generation from nuclear power sources in Saskatchewan. That is a formal decision that this government has made,” said Minister of Crown Investments Corporation Jeremy Harrison.
Lithium in SK, Part 41: ROK is out of the lithium game, and privatizing as a strictly oil company
ROK Resources, the Regina-based oil company that ventured into the lithium industry, is going private and spinning out the company’s lithium ownership (via EMP Metals) into a private corp.
Free power for Alberta’s neighbours, again
Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 18 and 19 have seen strong wind output on the Alberta electrical grid. And the result on Sunday, as is typical when this happens, is free power for the neighbours.
Montreal emissions-tracking satellite company says climate fight hasn’t slowed
The CEO of a Montreal-based company that uses satellites to monitor methane emissions says interest in his technology continues to reach new heights, even as governments appear to be wavering on their climate commitments.