Murray Wood: Lots of empty seats in the stands during Roughriders' home opener
Murray Wood says he saw plenty of empty seats at Mosaic Stadium during the Saskatchewan Roughriders' home opener against...
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Carbon tax causing SaskPower bills to increase Jan. 1
The federal carbon tax is to increase on Jan. 1, so SaskPower customers can expect their bills to go up that day as well. The Crown corporation noted Friday that the carbon tax applied to SaskPower's ...
Dec 13, 2019
Power restored in Regina's east end
Power has been restored to areas of east Regina. According to SaskPower, an unplanned outage started in the Gardiner Heights, River Bend, Windsor Park and Wood Meadows neighbourhoods at about 5:50 a.m...
Dec 13, 2019
Power restored to most areas of southwest Saskatchewan
SaskPower says its crews have restored power to most areas in the southwest corner of the province after an outage that lasted about 90 minutes. At around 6 p.m. on Monday, power went out in some area...
Dec 09, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Chinook natural gas power station opens, part of push away from coal
When the bright orange ribbon was cut to officially open the Chinook natural gas power station on Friday morning, the plant had already been feeding power into the grid for weeks. The new station is a...
Dec 06, 2019 The air-cooled condenser at the Chinook Power Station. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
SaskPower announces natural gas plant in Moose Jaw will go ahead
SaskPower has announced it will proceed with a 350-megawatt natural gas power plant in Moose Jaw after reviewing new federal regulations that put the plans in jeopardy over the summer. The federal gov...
Nov 07, 2019
New rooftop solar program falls short for some
As it had hoped, Minister Dustin Duncan and SaskPower have unveiled a new rooftop solar program before the end of October, but not everyone is happy with how the new program looks. The new net meterin...
Oct 16, 2019
New rooftop solar program falls short for some
As it had hoped, Minister Dustin Duncan and SaskPower have unveiled a new rooftop solar program before the end of October, but not everyone is happy with how the new program looks. The new net meterin...
Oct 15, 2019 (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
SaskPower sending help to restore power in Manitoba
SaskPower is assisting in cleanup efforts to restore power for thousands of residents in Manitoba. Spokesperson Joel Cherry confirmed SaskPower is sending workers, trucks and equipment to get people i...
Oct 14, 2019
Solar company makes pitch for new net metering program
A local solar energy company says SaskPower is in the dark on embracing and regulating the technology in Saskatchewan. "If you look at the solar resource map for Canada, Saskatchewan is the sweet spot...
Oct 14, 2019 Mo' Solar Company owner Bradyn Parisian says SaskPower should not have cancelled its net metering program. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
Accusations of illegal tactics as Crown strike continues
The Crown strike isn't even a week old yet and it appears that bad feelings are beginning to grow. Employees represented by Unifor at seven of Saskatchewan's Crown corporations, including SaskTel, Sas...
Oct 10, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: Canadians are experiencing the World Cup like true soccer fans
Canada's first game at the World Cup had highs, lows, frustration, desperation and thrills. Sarah Mills says Canada may ...
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