Canada’s largest helium purification hub opens in southwestern Saskatchewan - Global News

Helium production is expected to boom in Saskatchewan after a massive new facility began operations Thursday. The purification facility, located west of Regina near Stewart Valley, is expected to produce approximately 73 million cubic feet of helium annually. Saskatchewan’s Energy and Resources Minister Chris Beaudry said work at the site will strengthen Saskatchewan’s position as Canada’s top helium producer. The production will increase provincial exports by more than 40 per cent, the minister said. “Today is another step toward a stronger, more diversified resource economy,” Beaudry told reporters at a news conference. “Around the world, helium demand is growing for medical imaging, aerospace, advanced manufacturing and the technologies that are shaping our future.”North American Helium, a gas supplier headquartered in Calgary, is operating the facility. In a news release issued Sept. 22, the company claimed an independent evaluator said there are 1.1 billion cubic feet of helium reserves at the Stewart Valley site. Story continues below advertisement

SaskatchewanNorth American Helium has opened Canada's largest helium purification facility in southwest Saskatchewan. The Stewart Valley facility is expected to increase the province's annual helium output by 40 per cent. North American Helium says Stewart Valley facility is just the beginningLaura Gillis · CBC News · Posted: Oct 15, 2026 7:22 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 15Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The new helium purification facility in Stewart Valley, Sask., is the largest in Canada. It opened on Oct. 15, 2026. (Shawn Mullin/CBC)North American Helium has opened Canada's largest helium purification facility in southwest Saskatchewan. The new facility near Stewart Valley is set to produce approximately 73 million cubic feet of helium each year, the company says. That will increase Saskatchewan's annual helium output by more than 40 per cent, according to a release from the provincial Ministry of Energy and Resources.

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An expert on low-carbon transportation says the roughly 1,000 compressed natural gas buses running in Canada are still considered “extremely safe” after one such bus was involved in a deadly crash in Calgary that claimed the lives of three people. On Thursday, a chain-reaction crash happened when a transit bus hit several vehicles before rear-ending a parked bus, igniting an explosion that also left more than a dozen others injured. Calgary police said one officer was taken to the hospital with injuries after running towards a bus as fire erupted. One of the 12-metre-long buses involved in the crash was powered by compressed natural gas, a kind of fuel considered cheaper and more environmentally friendly than diesel gas. Buses that run on compressed natural gas are common in public transit and have been in operation for the past two decades, said Josipa Petrunic, president and CEO of Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC), a national non-profit focused on low-carbon transit research and planning. Story continues below advertisement