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The international CCS Knowledge Centre is reacting to today’s announcement from SaskPower regarding the retirement of Units 4 and 5 at the Boundary Dam Power Station.

SaskPower has announced that Units 4 and 5 at the Boundary Dam Power Station will be retired in a few years, rather than receive a carbon capture and storage (CCS) retrofit.

The Oxbow swimming pool committee got a big boost on June 29, courtesy the Richardson Foundation and Tundra Energy Marketing Ltd. The swimming pool committee applied to Tundra Energy Marketing Ltd.

A recently-released study shows the impact that community newspapers continue to have. The study was conducted by Totum Research in January and February of more than 2,000 Canadian adults.

The Crown land sales model used for oil and gas is now being adopted for other minerals, including some that may be used for batteries.

A Redvers-area farm family has been recognized by the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association for their commitment to the environment.

Saskatchewan’s active drilling rig count was 46 as of June 27, according to sister publication Rig Locator (riglocator.ca). A total of 23 companies were drilling at the time.

The provincial government is citing a new report that it says could reflect the impact of a carbon tax.

Saskatchewan Environment Minister Dustin Duncan had a lot of interest with regards to his luncheon presentation on carbon taxation to the Estevan Chamber of Commerce on June 20.

STARS Air Ambulance’s annual Rescue on the Prairie fundraiser has launched for this year, and once again this year, there’s a representative from the oil patch.