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Against a backdrop of major automakers building factories in Ontario to produce electric vehicles, and the growing public eagerness to move away from fossil fuels, Saskatchewan is making slow progress in tackling a $4-billion, long-term cleanup bill that is the legacy of decades of oil and gas production.
While the Ministry of Energy and Resources says that its approach of collaborating with industry to safely decommission non-producing wells and restore the land to its former state is producing better results than the colossal cleanup mess facing Albertans, Saskatchewan’s weak regulatory regime still leaves much to be desired.
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A Saskatchewan Party politician wants Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark to put the brakes on a controversial neighbourhood planning process in The Willows, but Clark says that is not something he can do.
Stonebridge–Dakota MLA Bronwyn Eyre made the request in a Jan. 25 letter to Clark, in which she described hearing from “a substantial number” of people opposed to Dream Development’s proposed changes to the golf course community’s second phase of development.
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OTTAWA, ON, Feb. 22, 2021 /CNW/ -
Canada s Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Seamus O Regan Jr., and Saskatchewan s Minister of Energy and Resources, the Honourable Bronwyn Eyre, today released the following joint statement on the 2021 Energy and Mines Ministers Conference:
We had the pleasure to meet virtually today with our provincial and territorial counterparts, as part of ongoing sessions ahead of the 2021 Energy and Mines Ministers Conference, which is currently planned for Saskatoon in September.
As governments across Canada continue to address the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and focus on economic recovery, we are working together to support our natural resource sectors.