

Lithium in SK, Part 33: Arizona Lithium’s path to commercialization this year
Arizona Lithium had a very active late spring, summer and fall in 2024, and its efforts throughout the winter are focused on switching from exploring for lithium, to producing it.
The company intends on achieving initial commercial scale production of Saskatchewan lithium before the end of this year, the culmination of years of work by that point, including a six well drilling program in 2024.

Westinghouse in SK, Part 1: Saskatchewan’s Cameco brings Westinghouse into this province’s nuclear play
SASKATOON – In 2023, a seismic shift happened in nuclear power generation, and Saskatchewan is now finding out its role. Long has Saskatchewan been one of the most significant uranium producers on the planet, with Cameco being a key player in that regard. But now...

Westinghouse in SK, Part 2: First Nations involvement from the beginning
It’s not typical to start an energy conference with traditional First Nation drumming and dance, but then again, Westinghouse might be doing things a bit differently.

Royal Helium files for bankruptcy
Four years ago, Royal Helium was the second most-active company in Saskatchewan’s burgeoning helium play. And there have been very few players in that field. North American Helium has been far and away the leader. It had been followed by Royal. Helium Evolution has partnered on several wells with North American Helium. And that’s about it, for companies actively drilling.

Quick Dick McDick: The Trump & Trudeau Tariff Trials & Tribulations Toonie
Trump and his tariffs needed the proper Saskatchewan treatment. Quick Dick McDick, you’re up!
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Singh promises 100% tariffs on Tesla, revival of electric vehicle incentive program
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Canada should charge 100 per cent tariffs on Tesla vehicles for as long as the trade war with the United States continues.

Brian Crossman: Who is to Blame? (And How Do We Fix This Mess?)
What a time to be Canadian! (Note sarcasm please) There is an ancient Chinese curse, which loosely translated goes, “May you live in interesting times.” And man, they sure are interesting.

Ottawa, provinces should discuss possibility of west-east oil pipeline: Wilkinson
Federal Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says Ottawa and the provinces should discuss the possibility of an oil pipeline to Eastern Canada to improve energy security and diversify trade.

‘Should I just laugh?’: Energy experts question Freeland’s pledge to push LNG
Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland’s pitch to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to allies is drawing skeptical reactions from those who say her government neglected the sector over the past decade.

AltaGas and Keyera sign deals to work together at Ridley Island and Fort Saskatchewan
AltaGas Ltd. and Keyera Corp. have signed a deal to work together in a plan they say will see more Canadian energy products reach Asian markets.
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Brian Zinchuk: Absorbing Canada would make the US Democrat forever – and it could lead to war
Originally published Jan. 21. On Feb. 7, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Trump’s talk of absorbing Canada ‘is a real thing.”

Brian Zinchuk: Saskatchewan’s Oil and Gas 20 high school class is everything I hoped for
For parents in the oil patch whose kids might have an inkling to follow in their footsteps, I strongly urge you to sign them up for next year’s class. This year the numbers were limited. Hopefully that will be expanded. Don’t miss out.
Our industry needed this affirmation. We matter. And our kids need a chance to learn about it.

Jim Warren: Environmental policy makers around the world require greater adult supervision: Canada and Sri Lanka provide examples
Many of the environmental and climate change policies implemented around the world over the past few decades have proven ineffective, wasteful and expensive. Some of those policies and projects are stand outs because they were patently ridiculous as well as wasteful. We have had a lot of experience with this in Canada.

Quebec open to rekindled GNL Québec gas facility project amid U.S. tariff threats
The Quebec government says it would be open to reviving a liquefied natural gas project in the Saguenay region to transport Alberta energy overseas, as a way to reduce the country’s reliance on the United States as an export market.

Suncor Energy earns $818 million in fourth quarter, upstream production rises
Suncor Energy Inc. says it earned $818 million in the fourth quarter of 2024, down from $2.82 billion a year earlier, as it saw upstream production rise.
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Brad Wall: Just how disfunctional Canada has become
“Yesterday the current Premier of Quebec said basically the same thing. He was asked after the suspension of the Trump tariffs if now was the time to support an Energy East project and diversify Canada’s energy export market. He said no.”

Kaase Gbakon: IEA’s Mission Drift: A Review of Barrasso’s Report
John Barrasso, ranking member of the US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers chair of the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce, sent a letter to the IEA’s executive director, Fatih Birol. The letter dated March 20th, 2024, and described by S&P Global as “strongly worded,” accused the IEA of straying from its original mandate of working to ensure energy security and instead becoming an “energy transition cheerleader.”

Bronwyn Eyre: The Great Federal Stand-Down: How Chaos Theory (aka Donald Trump) is Changing Everything
“Provinces should take advantage of the current federal power vacuum, demand the feds stay in their constitutional lane, and try to make up for a decade of destruction.”

Weyburn OTS Curling Bonspiel Winners
Organizers said in an email, “Our 66th Annual Curling Bonspiel held January 31 & February 1, 2025 was an overwhelming success with 24 teams competing and $7,500 in donations to our community.

BREAKING: Trump blinks! Canada gets 30 day tariff reprieve based on border plan
Breaking news out of Washington and Ottawa late in the afternoon of Monday, Feb. 3 saw looming 25 per cent across the board tariffs on American imports of Canadian goods put off for 30 days. Those tariffs would applied to everything coming out of Canada except for energy – oil, gas and electricity – which would have been tariffed at 10 per cent.
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Wind goes from 90.5% output in Saskatchewan last week to 0.05% in Alberta on Monday
By 12:30 p.m., Alberta’s wind output fell to 3 megawatts out of 5,688 megawatts. That’s 0.05 per cent, or five ten-thousandths of capacity. And it stayed at close to that level for several minutes.

Op-Ed: Deidra Garyk: Sustainability reporting, Part 3: Beyond sustainability reporting: the societal impacts
ESG reporting is not just a passing phase; it is an operational necessity that will persist and evolve over time. The oil and gas industry must adapt to this new reality, recognizing that sustainable practices and reporting are embedded in the future of energy development.

Make absolutely no mistake, these tariffs will cost American and Canadian families more: Sask Premier Scott Moe
Make absolutely no mistake, these tariffs will cost American and Canadian families more.

Alberta will continue to strenuously oppose any effort to ban exports to the U.S. or export taxes: Premier Danielle Smith
“Alberta will, however, continue to strenuously oppose any effort to ban exports to the U.S. or to tax our own people and businesses on goods leaving Canada for the United States. Such tactics would hurt Canadians far more than Americans.”

Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation to remove all alcohol from the United States from their shelves: Nova Scotia premier
Editor’s note: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with the premiers before speaking live to Canadian media on Canada’s response. Various premiers have posted their own responses to the 25 per cent tariffs US President Donald Trump announced on all Canadian products...