‘Land rush’ on in Alberta as demand for lighter-than-air helium takes flight: Eight Capital analyst Phil Skolnick said, “Prices have been anywhere
from $200 to $600/MCF.” (MCF is an abbreviation for 1,000 cubic feet.)
“As a frame of reference, natural gas trades at about $3/MCF. Base case,
we could see helium demand outpace supply at least until 2025.”

The
helium market has the potential to be a “significant opportunity for
Canada,” given it has one-fifth of the world’s helium resources and sits
next door to the U.S., the largest consumer of helium, Skolnick said.
Saskatchewan in particular has come out of the gates running — the
province already has nine active helium wells in the province and 24 in the drilling process, according to the government of Saskatchewan.

‘Land rush’ on in Alberta as demand for lighter-than-air helium takes flight: Eight Capital analyst Phil Skolnick said, “Prices have been anywhere
from $200 to $600/MCF.” (MCF is an abbreviation for 1,000 cubic feet.)
“As a frame of reference, natural gas trades at about $3/MCF. Base case,
we could see helium demand outpace supply at least until 2025.”The
helium market has the potential to be a “significant opportunity for
Canada,” given it has one-fifth of the world’s helium resources and sits
next door to the U.S., the largest consumer of helium, Skolnick said.
Saskatchewan in particular has come out of the gates running — the
province already has nine active helium wells in the province and 24 in the drilling process, according to the government of Saskatchewan.Read More

Doug Ford: Dead man walking? – NOW Magazine: Doug Ford has slowly begun to emerge from his self-imposed month in
political hell and crawl out from the hole he’s dug for himself. The
premier showed up for a photo-op at the “Doses After Dark” vaccine
clinic in Mississauga on Monday. And a couple of well-timed leaks out of
Queen’s Park are promising good news ahead.

With the current stay-at-home order set to lift June 2, the word is the province plans to release its plan to reopen for good, including for recreational activities, “very soon,” according to Health Minister Christine Elliott.

But for many Ontarians,
Ford should probably just STFU, at least for a little while longer.
After the cataclysm he’s made of the province’s response to a third wave
of the pandemic, the public has tuned him out – maybe for good. Ford’s
handlers find themselves in a large pickle.

Doug Ford: Dead man walking? – NOW Magazine: Doug Ford has slowly begun to emerge from his self-imposed month in
political hell and crawl out from the hole he’s dug for himself. The
premier showed up for a photo-op at the “Doses After Dark” vaccine
clinic in Mississauga on Monday. And a couple of well-timed leaks out of
Queen’s Park are promising good news ahead.With the current stay-at-home order set to lift June 2, the word is the province plans to release its plan to reopen for good, including for recreational activities, “very soon,” according to Health Minister Christine Elliott.But for many Ontarians,
Ford should probably just STFU, at least for a little while longer.
After the cataclysm he’s made of the province’s response to a third wave
of the pandemic, the public has tuned him out – maybe for good. Ford’s
handlers find themselves in a large pickle.Read More

The Big Melt | The Tyee:

By century’s end B.C. will lose 70 per cent of its glacial ice. The
effects will imperil life on the coast for everything from salmon to
grizzly bears, plankton to people.

The Big Melt | The Tyee: By century’s end B.C. will lose 70 per cent of its glacial ice. The
effects will imperil life on the coast for everything from salmon to
grizzly bears, plankton to people.Read More

Economic Hit from Prairie Drought Could Be ‘Like Losing Ontario Auto Sector’ – The Energy Mix: While droughts are a normal part of the agricultural cycle, this one
extends “from Vancouver Island to southern Quebec, down into the United
States, into California, right into Mexico,” Pomeroy told CBC. “It’s
enormous.”

The impacts will show up quickly in a part of the country that
depends on water for irrigation, hydropower, potash mining, and fossil
production, CBC says.

“Back about 20 years ago, there were four years where there was a
C$10-billion hit to the western Canadian economy from drought and 41,000
jobs lost in Saskatchewan alone. So there’s an impact,” Pomeroy told
the national broadcaster. “It’s like losing the automotive industry out
of southern Ontario.”

That dire future may not be far away, said Starbuck, MB canola grower Chuck Fossay.

“If we don’t get a rain, a nice, gentle, soaking rain in probably the
next two weeks, we’re probably talking a crop failure out here in
Manitoba,” Fossay said. “Dry is dry and nothing grows without water.
That’s just a fact of life. You need water to live. And if you don’t
have enough water, nothing grows.”

Economic Hit from Prairie Drought Could Be ‘Like Losing Ontario Auto Sector’ – The Energy Mix: While droughts are a normal part of the agricultural cycle, this one
extends “from Vancouver Island to southern Quebec, down into the United
States, into California, right into Mexico,” Pomeroy told CBC. “It’s
enormous.”The impacts will show up quickly in a part of the country that
depends on water for irrigation, hydropower, potash mining, and fossil
production, CBC says.“Back about 20 years ago, there were four years where there was a
C$10-billion hit to the western Canadian economy from drought and 41,000
jobs lost in Saskatchewan alone. So there’s an impact,” Pomeroy told
the national broadcaster. “It’s like losing the automotive industry out
of southern Ontario.”That dire future may not be far away, said Starbuck, MB canola grower Chuck Fossay.“If we don’t get a rain, a nice, gentle, soaking rain in probably the
next two weeks, we’re probably talking a crop failure out here in
Manitoba,” Fossay said. “Dry is dry and nothing grows without water.
That’s just a fact of life. You need water to live. And if you don’t
have enough water, nothing grows.”Read More