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Jeffery Straker ready to roll in After Dark appearance

Jeffery Straker ready to roll in After Dark appearance

He’s a high energy performer who works a piano and vocal ranges with aplomb and feeling. Jeffery Straker who splits time between Regina and Toronto, will be in Estevan on Oct.

Mayor considers CO2 project an Estevan success story

For a long time, Estevan’s prospects have been tied to the success of coal mining and the continuation of burning coal to produce power.
Amine supplier pleased with early results

Amine supplier pleased with early results

It represents a miniscule portion of the overall $1.4 billion budget, but Shell’s Cansolv amine solution is playing a vital role in the Boundary Dam carbon and sulphur dioxide capture plans.
City BD3 project puts carbon capture on the table

City BD3 project puts carbon capture on the table

The opening of the project at BD3 doesn’t mark the end of the carbon capture story but the beginning of a much longer saga that will see the continued use of coal power for much longer than we otherwise would.
An environmental case for coal?

An environmental case for coal?

The whole point behind the carbon capture project at Boundary Dam Power Station was to cut pollution. While nobody is disputing the project, which opened on Oct.
Capturing history: Clean coal project in Estevan is online

Capturing history: Clean coal project in Estevan is online

SaskPower’s most expensive project ever is now in full functioning flight.
Carbon capture in Estevan is operational

Carbon capture in Estevan is operational

Today, marked the official opening of the carbon capture and storage operations at Unit 3 of the Boundary Dam Power Station in Estevan.
Eileen Matilda

Eileen Matilda

Eileen Matilda (Burkholder, Friess) Shpyth Eileen Shpyth age 71, passed away at St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014. Eileen was born on April 9th, 1943 in Torquay, SK. She married Clayton Burkholder inTorquay, SK.
1928 ~ RUSSELL ~ 2014

1928 ~ RUSSELL ~ 2014

1928 ~ RUSSELL ~ 2014 It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of Gilbert Allison Russell, who passed away peacefully at home in Medicine Hat on Tuesday, September 16th, 2014. Gil was born in Viscount, SK on July 23rd, 1928.
Betty Lorraine Simpkins

Betty Lorraine Simpkins

Betty Lorraine Simpkins (Nicholson) 1925-2014 Peacefully on September 15, 2014 at Calvary Place Personal Care Home in Winnipeg, Betty passed away.