Each month before going on the air with CJME/CKOM’s Evan Bray, and previously John Gormley, I like to update all the current leading indicators and talk to a bunch of smart people so that I don’t sound like a total idiot. Occasionally I even succeed. So on Monday,...
What would it cost Western Canada’s natural gas producers if the federal government does to them what it did to tidewater export opportunities for petroleum? This question became topical last week when the Biden Democrats announced they would block construction...
Recently my daughter called me while on her way back from a Costco run in Regina, heading home to Weyburn. She noted that it appears they are twinning the highway between Regina and Weyburn. Indeed, they are, I explained. And several years later, they’ll...
In the current Saskatchewan teacher’s labour dispute you keep hearing the teachers talking about “classroom complexity.” Here’s what that really means: mainstreaming all students into the same classroom has proven to be an abysmal failure, as has “social...
Alberta won the energy lottery millions of years ago. I’m not talking scratchers, but the Powerball. You know, the big American lottery that every so often is over a billion dollars? Except Alberta’s winnings are much, much larger than that. So why is it the weekend...
Well, here we are. We managed to get through Christmas. (Snow? What snow? Oh, right. We finally got some.) The lack of moisture will hopefully change for the sake of the farmers and the groundwater. But it is sure getting colder now. But fortunately for us...
