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The Government of Saskatchewan has released regulations with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from venting and flaring in the province’s upstream oil and gas sector by 4.5 million tonnes per year by 2025.

Western Financial Group in Estevan presented a cheque for $5,000 to the Estevan Humane Society on Wednesday morning. The Western Communities Foundation announced earlier this month that the humane society would be receiving a grant.

SaskPower has released the year-end numbers for the carbon capture and storage facility at the Boundary Dam Power Station.

Ken Mehler is going to Ottawa, as part of the Yellow Vest truck convoy that will pass through eastern Saskatchewan on Feb. 15. But he wanted his pickup to really get the message out that Canada needs pipelines, so he went to Dynamic Signs Inc.

Two out-of-province companies were fined for Occupational Health and Safety violations after pleading guilty in Weyburn Provincial Court on Jan. 15. Western Energy Services Corp.

The price of oil tumbled from US$75 per barrel of West Texas Intermediate in early October to US$42 on Dec. 24, before coming back to US$51 on Jan. 15. In that context, Crescent Point Energy Corp.

SaskPower’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility at the Boundary Dam Power Station (BDPS) exceeded its daily capture rate targets for 2018, and captured more than 600,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2).

In his first full year in the position, economic development co-ordinator Dwight “Fitz” Bramble spent time doing foundational work.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed on Friday that the federal government and the Government of Saskatchewan have reached an equivalency agreement for carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from its coal-fired power fleet. Trudeau was in Regina on Jan.

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