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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Solar energy company critical of SaskPower suspending net metering program
The president of a solar company in Saskatchewan said SaskPower's decision to suspend its net metering program kneecaps its ability to meet demands for renewable energy. "We've got thousands of custom...
Sep 19, 2019
SaskPower dealing with rash of copper thefts in south-central Sask.
SaskPower is asking people to keep an eye out for suspicious behaviour at its substations after a rash of break-ins and thefts. The Crown corporation said Tuesday the thieves are breaking into the sit...
Sep 10, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Moose Jaw asks feds to exempt proposed power plant from carbon tax
The mayor of Moose Jaw is calling on the federal government to exempt a proposed natural gas power plant from the new carbon tax regulations. In December, SaskPower announced plans to build the $700-m...
Aug 19, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Report says salaries for Crown executives fell 18% last year
The pay for members of the upper management of Saskatchewan's Crown corporations fell by nearly 18 per cent over the past year. According to the Crown Investments Corporation's 2018-19 Payee Disclosur...
Aug 16, 2019
Power restored after outage hits south Regina
SaskPower has restored power to areas in south Regina, after what it called an "underground cable fault" left the areas of Albert Park, Hillsdale, Whitmore Park and south Albert in the dark. The utili...
Aug 08, 2019 A power outage hit south Regina on Thursday morning, Aug. 8, 2019. (SaskPower outage web page)
Good news, bad news in SaskPower annual report
Despite a couple of major power outages and the start of the carbon tax, 2018-19 appears to have been a good year for SaskPower, with the Crown corporation reporting a dividend for the first time in s...
Jul 05, 2019 SaskPower released its annual report for 2018-19 on July 5, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
SaskPower natural gas plans could be derailed by federal regs
The future of SaskPower's natural gas plans, and therefore its emissions reductions, could be in jeopardy after new regulations from the federal government. On Friday, the federal government released ...
Jul 05, 2019 Minister Responsible for SaskPower Dustin Duncan (l) and Troy King, vice-president of finance and business performance and Chief Financial Officer for SaskPower (r), at a media briefing on July 5, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Power outage hits south-central Sask.
As of 8:30 Thursday morning, residents in south-central Saskatchewan were without power, and SaskPower was working to fix the problem. The outage affected residents in Wilcox, Assiniboia, Coronach, Ca...
Jun 20, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Power restored after early-morning outage in northwest Regina
SaskPower is reporting that power has been restored to northwest Regina, after the Crown corporation said the power went out around 2:15 a.m. Tuesday. The utility provider reported that the Westhill, ...
Jun 18, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Keeping the lights on: SaskPower spending $18.9M in Regina
SaskPower is trying to keep people's lights on for longer; it's spending $18.9 million on infrastructure in Regina alone this year. "As the infrastructure ages, we want to make sure that we're upgradi...
May 22, 2019 Crews tear up a chunk of sidewalk on Osler Street near 11th Avenue to continue work on SaskPower infrastructure. May 22, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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Canada's first game at the World Cup had highs, lows, frustration, desperation and thrills. Sarah Mills says Canada may ...
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