SaskPower rate hike to cost you $20 more per year
By Adriana ChristiansonStarting on Sept. 1, SaskPower customers can get ready to pay an average of $20 more per year for power.The Crown corporation is boosting power bills by an extra two per cent....
View ArticleSaskPower building evacuated for 'possible security risk'
By Lisa SchickIt was all over within an hour, but SaskPower's head office in downtown Regina had to be evacuated Thursday morning due to what it called "a possible security risk”.Just before 8 a.m., a...
View ArticleMassive tank moving through Sask. highways
By CKOM NewsIt may be the largest shop-built tank in Western Canada, and starting on Monday it’s taking a 550 kilometre convoy from Biggar to Estevan.Over the past four months, AGI-Envirotank has...
View ArticleHuge tank for SaskPower passing through Whitewood, Grenfell, Stoughton areas
By CJME NewsA massive tank continues its move to Estevan to be used as part of SaskPower's carbon capture program.Those in the area of Whitewood, Grenfell and Stoughton might notice it there on...
View ArticlePower restored for Regina neighbourhoods
By CJME NewsThe power has been restored for most of those who experienced an outage in the Normanview, Normanview West, North Central, and Regent Park areas of Regina Tuesday morning. Traffic lights...
View ArticleSaskPower completes $525M expansion of Queen Elizabeth Power Station
By CKOM NewsA half-a-billion dollar expansion of the Queen Elizabeth Power Station near Saskatoon is finished. The newly commissioned 'D plant' adds 204 mega-watts of capacity to the power station,...
View ArticlePrince Albert man among dead in helicopter crash in northern Saskatchewan
By News Talk Radio StaffTwo men are dead after the helicopter they were in crashed Thursday afternoon.The pair were putting aerial markers on a new power line crossing the North Saskatchewan River in...
View ArticlePrince Albert man in helicopter crash identified as Dean Gervais
By News Talk Radio Staff, Nigel MaxwellThe Prince Albert man killed in a helicopter crash last week near Paynton has been identified as Dean Gervais.The 30-year-old was the passenger in the...
View ArticleSaskPower pays out $12M to Cenovus for not providing captured carbon dioxide
By The Canadian PressThe Saskatchewan government has had to pay out about $12 million to an energy company for failing to deliver enough carbon dioxide from its carbon capture facility and the amount...
View ArticleQuestions surround SaskPower's $12M payout to Cenovus
By Lisa SchickQuestions continued to be raised on Tuesday over the penalties SaskPower has had to pay Cenovus Energy thanks to the Boundary Dam carbon capture project. On Monday, it was revealed...
View ArticleNDP challenges SaskPower carbon capture travel costs
By The Canadian PressThe Saskatchewan NDP is questioning why a Crown official spent nearly half a million dollars in travel to promote carbon capture when the province can't even sell the...
View ArticleSaskPower unveils plan for renewable energy sources
By Kevin MartelAs the environment dominates the agendas of many world leaders over the coming weeks, those in Saskatchewan are announcing an ambitious new plan to help clean up our air.Minister...
View ArticleParts of southern Saskatchewan in the dark over the weekend
By Lisa SchickSome people in communities east of Regina had a frustrating weekend of power outages, in some cases, interrupting Christmas celebrations. Power was off for several hours on Saturday...
View ArticleSaskPower warns employees of data breach
By CKOM NewsEmployees and former staff at SaskPower have been warned about a possible leak of their personal information. A current employee is being blamed for the breach, reported to employees in a...
View ArticleTraffic tie-ups expected on Highway 1 east of Regina on Monday
By Lisa SchickTraffic is going to be stop and go on Highway 1 just east of Regina on Monday as SaskPower does some work for the Regina Bypass project. SaskPower is moving some overhead lines east of...
View ArticleUnderground fault causes long power outage in Regina's Albert Park
By Adriana ChristiansonSaskPower crews worked for several hours on Monday to dig up and fix a broken underground power line that was causing an extended power outage in Regina's Albert Park...
View ArticleSaskPower, SaskEnergy apply for rate changes
By Kevin MartelUtility rates could soon be changing for Saskatchewan customers.On Friday morning, SaskPower and SaskEnergy teamed up to announce the Crowns are applying to adjust their rates. While...
View ArticleTake a look inside SaskPower's secret grid control centre
By Sarah MillsWith just about a million people needing to turn on lights in this province, SaskPower has a big responsibility to ensure electricity gets to your home or workplace.But who is in control...
View ArticlePower outage in Regina's Glencairn neighbourhood
By CJME NewsA lot of people in Regina’s Glencairn neighbourhood likely woke up to no power on Friday morning.The area lost power in the middle of the night.At 3:48 a.m., SaskPower tweeted an update to...
View ArticleConfetti cannon causes power outage at Mosaic Stadium
By Lisa SchickThe power was out for about an hour at Mosaic Stadium on Saturday night, causing a delay in the middle of the Saskatchewan Roughriders' pre-season game against the B.C. Lions. Electricity...
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