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...
SASKATOON – In recent months, Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) CEO Scott Banda has made a lot of major announcements over the last six months. They included a carbon capture and utilization partnership with Whitecap Resources, the sale of its upstream oil...
ARCOLA – Cody Christman was on his way westward on Highway 13 at Kisbey when he got an urgent call to come back his shop he had just left in Arcola. It was on fire. The owner of Outlaw Ventures, a boiler outfit that specializes in heating frac water, found his shop in...
