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Chamber of Commerce pulling out of Showcase after this year

Chamber of Commerce pulling out of Showcase after this year

The Estevan Chamber of Commerce has announced they will no longer be a part of Estevan’s Showcase Business Expo after this year.
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Vertex acquires Three Star Trucking

Vertex acquires Three Star Trucking

Vertex Resource Group Ltd. announced on July 13 that it has acquired Three Star Trucking Ltd., an Alida-based trucking company providing fluid hauling service, pressure truck services, hot oilers and combo vac services throughout Western Canada.
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Saskatchewan and Ontario fighting carbon tax

Saskatchewan and Ontario fighting carbon tax

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and Ontario Premier Doug Ford have released a joint statement about their discussions at the summer meeting of the Council of the Federation.
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Unit 3 at Boundary Dam remains offline

Unit 3 at Boundary Dam remains offline

It’s been more than a month since a powerful thunderstorm swept through Estevan and knocked Boundary Dam offline for several hours. While the other units at Boundary Dam are now operating again, Unit 3 is still offline.
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Street Fair draws people to downtown business

Street Fair draws people to downtown business

The Estevan Downtown Business Association (DBA) hosted its annual Street Fair on Saturday, with attractions ranging from sidewalks sales, bouncy castles and this year’s newest addition – bumper cars.
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Meili agrees with shutting down Units 4 and 5 at Boundary Dam

Meili agrees with shutting down Units 4 and 5 at Boundary Dam

Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili agrees with SaskPower not pursing carbon capture and storage with Boundary Dam Units 4 and 5. He spoke to the Mercury about this on July 12.
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Saskatchewan rig count continues to climb

Saskatchewan rig count continues to climb

Saskatchewan’s active rig count hit 58 on July 10, a bit better than the 51 it was at on July 12, 2017, but a massive improvement over the 15 working on July 12, 2016. Those numbers, according to sister publication Rig Locator (riglocator.
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Unit 3 at Boundary Dam remains offline

Unit 3 at Boundary Dam remains offline

The carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility at the Boundary Dam Power Station was available 39.8 per cent of the time in June, according to the monthly report posted by SaskPower on Wednesday.
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Units 4 and 5 at Boundary Dam to be retired

Units 4 and 5 at Boundary Dam to be retired

Units 4 and 5 at the Boundary Dam Power Station aren’t part of the provincial government’s long-term power production plans, and now there are questions regarding how much coal power will be part of power generation in the future.
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SaskPower decision generates lots of reaction

SaskPower decision generates lots of reaction

SaskPower’s announcement on Monday to retire Units 4 and 5 at the Boundary Dam Power Station within the next few years, rather than to retrofit them with carbon capture and storage technology, has drawn a lot of reaction.
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