Ukraine, the land of my ancestors, is about to be invaded by over 100,000 Russian soldiers. And in the Parliamentary debate on Ukraine on Monday, Jan. 31, I heard what was quite possibly the most asinine, idiotic question, and response, ever spoken in a debate on an...
WEYBURN – Rex Murphy will be one of the keynote speakers at the 2022 Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Show in Weyburn. The event will take place June 1-2, after a being postponed one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This biennial show is meant to showcase the oil industry...
My late grandfather, Harry Zinchuk, and parents got on a boat in 1930, leaving Ukraine for Canada. They were following his much older brother, Steve, who had come over in 1929. Harry was 13 at the time, having been born in May 1917, during the height of the Great War,...
WEYURN – After a year’s hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Weyburn Oilfield Technical Society Bonspiel is back again this Feb. 4-5. As of Jan. 25, the event is full, according to Rob Sommerville, one of the organizers. “She’s still a go on February 4th and 5th....
REGINA – After nearly five years as president and CEO of the Petroleum Technology Research Centre, Dan MacLean is retiring. Again. This isn’t his first time hanging it up. Previously he retired as president of Tundra Oil & Gas, Manitoba’s largest oil...
