WEYBURN – Fifty years ago, Danny Lohse needed a job. Having grown up on a farm near Ratcliffe, Saskatchewan, six miles from the U.S. border, farming was not it, nor was work in the booming metropolis of Ratcliffe. “Population: 2,” he said. “There wasn’t...
MEADOW LAKE – SaskPower is exploring the potential to build a 55-megawatt (MW) natural gas facility in the Meadow Lake area, replacing an existing power plant that has reached end of life, the Crown corporation said in an Nov. 12 release. According to...
It turns out people outside our borders are noticing what’s going on in Saskatchewan when it comes to nuclear and coal-fired power generation. Pipeline Online editor Brian Zinchuk appeared on the Energy Realities Podcast on Monday, Nov. 10, explaining just what...
Fifty years ago on Nov. 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald split in two and sunk in the eastern end of Lake Superior. Gordon Lightfoot’s famous song, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” has been a haunting tale ever since. I once asked my late...
The Canadian Association of Energy Contractors (CAOEC) just posted this video on “Life on a Drilling Rig.” It’s a really good short video explaining the basics of what each rig hand does on a crew. It’s shot on Bonanza Rig 7, and looks almost...
