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...
The online database, Trading Economics, indicates that in June 2023 the global price for lithium had risen to $59,212 per tonne. But by November it had fallen by more than half to $27,218. Prices have continued to plummet. As of December 31, lithium was selling...
The problem with no one making money is that no one is making money Imagine, if you will, a Boxing Day sale where everything was free for everyone across every store at the same time, for several hours. And imagine if in early morning hours of Dec. 26, Best...
