Local Business

Gordon Engstrom retired from the board of directors of the Assiniboia Housing Authority after 28 years of dedicated service on October 24. The occasion was marked at the Eastside Court with cake and visiting.

Donna Fiset was honoured at a community gathering to mark her retirement from a 37-year EMS career on October 15.

SaskPower president and CEO Mike Marsh has issued a statement on the future of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology at the Boundary Dam Power Station.

My name is William Acri and I am the new reporter for the Estevan Mercury. Moving out west for work is something a lot of my friends in Acton, Ont., would say when they were about to take part in Canada’s natural resource industry.

On Oct. 31 the Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) released its 2018 Canadian Drilling Activity Forecast in Calgary. PSAC expects a total of 7,900 wells (rig releases) to be drilled in Canada in 2018.

Southland Co-operative Association has made the SaskBusiness Magazine’s Top 100 list ranking at 98 on the list of Saskatchewan’s largest companies. Last year, it ranked at 99. Southland Co-op formed in 1939 and employs 160 today.

Potentia Renewables has opened an office in Assiniboia in anticipation of being given the green light on its proposed local wind and solar projects.

Local producers were able to safely and responsibly dispose of their unwanted or obsolete pesticides last week.

Crescent Point Energy Corp. announced significant land acquisitions, but also a large loss, when making its third quarter results public on Oct. 26 in Calgary.

The Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) has released its 2018 Canadian Drilling Activity Forecast.