A Montreal-based carbon-capture company is set to build one of the largest facilities in the world in western Manitoba at a cost of about $200 million.

No site has been selected for the future 100-employee Deep Sky facility, but the Rural Municipality of Pipestone and the Municipality of Two Borders are “promising” locations, a company spokesperson told the Sun.

Jason Vanderheyden, Deep Sky’s vice-president of government relations and public affairs, described the area as “very lucky” when it comes to building a carbon-capture station.

“You guys have a lot of renewable energy, which is amazing, and then secondly is you guys have the geology and not every province in Canada has deep, saline aquifers,” said Vanderheyden.

“Manitoba is blessed with the ability to literally store millions u

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