SaskPower crews are still assessing the damage caused by Thursday night’s ice storm. but say around 22,000 customers are still without power as of 5 p.m Friday afternoon. A release from SaskPower says a large challenge being faced by technicians is the ongoing risk of additional branches falling onto power lines so significant tree trimming […]
The colder weather and the snow is significantly helping contain the Cloverdale wildfire near Prince Albert and while work to extinguish the fire continues, a drone has also been brought in to do thermal scanning for hot spots. That from the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency’s Vice-President of Operations, Steve Roberts, who says the drone will […]
The City of Yorkton has issued a dangerous condition advisory due to the freezing rain that is downing trees and power lines. According to the Saskatchewan Provincial Emergency Communications Centre, it’s in effect until Saturday at noon. Mayor Mitch Hippsley is urging residents to stay away from downed power lines and trees as the lines […]
There are many communities in east and southeastern Saskatchewan that are without power because of freezing rain that hit the province. 10:17 AM: Freezing rain has caused a large volume of outages affecting customers in the E & SE parts of the province. Crews have been dispatched and are assessing the damage, but currently there […]
SaskPower crews will be inspecting over 114 thousand wood power poles across the province this year. Spokesperson Scott McGregor says they expect to replace over 3,500 of these poles. “For damage, or for insect infestation, and so on,” said McGregor. “Wherever possible, we will be repairing the poles and reinforcing them to make sure that […]
In continuation with their Regina Downtown Improvement Project, SaskPower announced this week, that $7-million worth of work will be done throughout summer to improve reliability in the downtown area. Some of the work that will be done includes replacing underground cables, switches and duct banks. Crews will also replace or remove other equipment that is […]
SaskPower is reminding farmers to look up and live as spring seeding begins. Scott McGregor with SaskPower says over half of farm safety incidents occur between April and June. “We want to remind farmers, producers, hired hands, anyone operating heavy machinery near powerlines to take extreme caution,” said McGregor. “We see about 300 incidents involving […]
After previously promising to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent of 2005 levels by 2030, SaskPower says they’ll exceed that target. Spokesperson Joel Cherry says it’s a great development. “We’ve made a lot of progress, we’re adding cleaner generation to our mix and with our updated plan, our forecasts are looking like we’re actually […]
The Government of Saskatchewan announced that it will be reducing compensation for Crown Corporation executives. Crown CEOs and Vice-Presidents will their salary holdbacks reduced by just over 66 percent., with Crown Investments Corporation (CIC) executive seeing their holdbacks eliminated entirely. Crown Investments Minister Don Morgan says the province doesn’t think it’s fair to offer big […]
SaskPower is refurbishing the E.B. Campbell Hydroelectric Station northeast of Nipawin. The Station was first commissioned in 1963 and is nearing the end of its operational life. The refurbishment will run until spring 2025. It will give the plant at least 50 more years of renewable power generation. The plant generates 289 megawatts (MW) of […]
