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From Miracle to Menace: Alberta, a Carbon Story

April 18, 2019

Calgary – David Yager, one of the leading editorial commentators in the Canadian oilpatch, finally got so fed up with the way the oil industry has been denigrated in recent...

Estevan Meter founder James "Doc" Stephen passes at 95

February 16, 2019

Editor's note: Estevan Meter Services founding partner James "Doc" Stephen passed away at the Pasqua Hospital, Regina, Sask. at the age of 95 years. A ...

Vern Becker passes at 91

February 13, 2019

Estevan's Vern Becker passed away on Feb. 10. at the age of 91. In our May 2011 edition, Pipeline News featured Becker in our series about pioneers in the oilpatch. Here it...

Hurry hard to a rink near you

January 29, 2019

Estevan – It’s cold outside. That means its time for the oilmen and oilwomen to get out their curling brooms and hurry hard. Kipling’s Annual Oilmen’s Bonspiel is Feb. 1-...

Build That Pipeline, an anthem for protests

January 7, 2019

High River, Alta. – “So build that pipeline, build that pipeline, Alberta’s lifeline “Build that pipeline, just build that pipeline, and bring us back to prosperity.” ...

Moosomin hotelier sees hope for Energy East, benefits from Line 3 Replacement

December 3, 2018

Moosomin – With a pipeline crew numbering in the hundreds in town for several months, it’s a good time to be a hotel operator. Josef Tesar, Sr., is the CEO and owner of ...

Company that started in Moosomin in 1900 again in Saskatchewan

December 2, 2018

Moosomin, Saskatoon – A company that started in Moosomin 118-years ago had returned to Saskatchewan. E.B. Horsman & Son is an independent family-owned company, whose ...

Lloydminster, an oilpatch town surrounded by transition

September 10, 2018

Lloydminster – Lloydminster Mayor Gerald Aalbers spent his career in the oilpatch, but these days he’s heading up one of the key oilpatch communities in Saskatchewan and ...

TEML and Richardson Foundation donate $100,000

July 12, 2018

Oxbow– On June 29 the Oxbow swimming pool committee got a big boost courtesy the Richardson Foundation and TEML. (The Richardson family owns TEML and several other ...

Rescue Canadian Plains Energy’s Dale Ziegler and support STARS

June 15, 2018

White City – STARS Air Ambulance’s annual Rescue on the Prairie fundraiser has launched for this year, and each year, there’s a representative from the oilpatch. Dale ...

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Weyburn mayor says there is optimism in the oilpatch

May 27, 2019

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A pipeline company is born

April 18, 2019

April 30 marks the 70th anniversary of Enbridge’s Mainline system, which traverses Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba and is Canada’s largest crude oil transportation ...

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It’s raining, it’s pouring, now the drilling rigs are snoring

September 13, 2019

Estevan – With Saskatchewan having been soaked by rain for the better part of a week, and areas like Estevan getting in excess of three inches of cumulative rain, the ...