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Column: If you see someone using a Dremel, back away

November 11, 2019

As I grow older, I am finding there are some things whose life expectancy terminates, like clockwork. Hot water heaters? Replace it in seven years, period. Car and ...

Column: Trudeau surfs while Canada’s energy sector runs south into Trump’s arms

November 5, 2019

Imagine if the Canadian Pacific Railway said one day it was picking up stakes, moving its headquarters from Calgary to Denver, and changing its name to “Gobbledegook.” ...

Column: Considerations for small nuclear reactors in Saskatchewan

October 28, 2019

In the recent speech from the Throne, the Saskatchewan government announced it is seriously looking at small modular nuclear reactors for future power generation in this ...

Column: “The Alberta Question,” and Saskatchewan’s too, is not going away

October 21, 2019

A few weeks ago I wrote about how American geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan seems to be pretty darn accurate in his predictions. I just finished his 2014 book, The ...

Column: What four years of the current government has meant for the oilpatch

October 15, 2019

The last five years in the oilpatch have been rough. It was in late 2014 when the wheels started coming off. Oil at US$100 a barrel disappeared, never to reappear. By ...

Column: Shale oil now means you don’t have to send your kid over there to get killed

October 7, 2019

As I type this, it’s been exactly three weeks since “drones,” more like cruise missiles, attacked the largest oil processing facility in the world, Saudi Arabia’s Abqaiq ...

Column: Does Trudeau’s brownface photo spell the end of absolute political ...

September 18, 2019

Perhaps, just perhaps, we have seen the end of the expectation of absolute, lifetime political correctness in Canada. Surely we must, for the only solution otherwise ...

Column: Green Party platform is their final solution for the Canadian oilpatch

September 16, 2019

It’s hard to come up with the proper adjective or description for the Green Party of Canada’s energy policy in its platform released on Sept. 16. Devastating doesn’t come ...

Column: Frustration with coal’s future or lack thereof is reaching a boiling point ...

September 9, 2019

I’ve attended a lot of meetings with politicians at the front of the room since I moved to Estevan in late 2008, but in all that time, I have never seen a small-c ...

Let the rumble strips rumble

August 19, 2019

The other day I ran into our local MLA, Lori Carr, who happened to be the Highways Minister. (Well, she was Highways minister when I spoke to her, as she was shuffled to ...

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New refinery proposal near Kerrobert in its early stages

November 21, 2019

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Editorial: Western alienation? We’re hearing separatism, from all over

October 22, 2019

“Western alienation will only grow.” That’s what former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall said in a panel during Global’s election coverage on Oct. 21. “Mr. Trudeau’s brand ...

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Letter: Build pipelines, fix equalization, or we proceed to separate

October 26, 2019

With regards to the Brian Zinchuk column “The Alberta Question,” and Saskatchewan’s too, is not going away, when the patch crashed in 2014, I became unemployed until March ...