California phasing out gas vehicles in climate change fight

By Kathleen Ronayne in Sacramento SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California set itself on a path Thursday to end the era of gas-powered cars, with air regulators adopting the world’s most stringent rules for transitioning to zero-emission vehicles. The move by the...

Patchwork Podcast: Energy advocate Deidra Garyk

Energy advocate and long time energy worker Deidra Garyk joined Kurt Price and Tracy Klotz on the New Lloydminster Nissan Patchwork Podcast this month. “We’re seeing it in Europe, I mean, there’s there’s no doubt they are facing it. And those...

Just three weeks to go until Lloydminster Heavy Oil Show

LLOYDMINSTER – Just three weeks from now, Lloydminster will be hosting its first heavy oil show since 2018. The event will take place Sept. 14-15, with a banquet on Sept. 13. You see, there was supposed to be a show in 2020, but then a little thing called COVID-19...

Brian Crossman: Meeting the future prime minister of Canada, maybe…

Politics. Not really a career in my mind. It’s not even a job really. The political area is more like a blood sport. (“May the odds be ever in your favour.”) Like most Canadians, (Western Canadians anyway) I don’t have much use for politicians. I know a few, and they...