ManitobaA carbon-capture startup plans to build a commercial carbon-removal facility in southwestern Manitoba at a cost of $200 million.Location to be determined for project; construction to begin in 2026Bartley Kives · CBC News · Posted: Oct 09, 2025 3:55 PM EDT | Last Updated: 9 hours agoAn artist’s conception of the Deep Sky carbon-capture project slated for southwestern Manitoba. (Canada Newswire)A carbon-capture startup plans to build a commercial carbon-removal facility in southwestern Manitoba at a cost of $200 million.Montreal-based Deep Sky announced Friday in a news release it plans to begin construction next year on a project that initially will remove 30,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide directly from the air every year — and eventually extract 500,000 tonnes of carbon a year once it’s fully built out.Deep Sky, which operates a carbon-capture facility in Alberta, says it’s looking at locations in southwestern Manitoba and will begin construction in 2026.Premier Wab Kinew said Manitoba has no plans to contribute cash to the carbon-capture facility but will help it along by changing regulations to allow the project to qualify for federal tax credits.”When we can find an opportunity for people to bring federal investment to Manitoba at the same time that a new startup like this, in an exciting industry, is bringing money to Manitoba, [it] seems like a real win for the economy,” Kinew said in a scrum at the legislative building on Thursday.Some environmental organizations have been critical of carbon capture. Manitoba’s Climate Action Team said Thursday in a statement that carbon-capture projects undermine efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.The climate-change advocacy organization said “there is no evidence” carbon capture will reduce emissions, and said “it brings a highly risky, unproven and expensive technology to Manitoba” that uses up scarce electricity that could be devoted elsewhere.Kinew said technology has a role to play in mitigating climate change.ABOUT THE AUTHORBartley Kives joined CBC Manitoba in 2016. Prior to that, he spent three years at the Winnipeg Sun and then 18 at the Winnipeg Free Press, writing about politics, music, food and outdoor recreation. He’s the author of three books – two of them Canadian bestsellers – and the winner of a Canadian Screen Award for reporting.With files from Canadian Press
Montreal startup plans $200M carbon-capture facility in southwestern Manitoba
