Every fall, there used to be a wonderful event, right around deer hunting season. It was known as the Deer-B-Que. With the fall weather, the leaves turning and the inevitable end of the year, I start to think about the way things used to be. (Yeah, and I’m...
It’s back to the basics, which is exceptionally good for the province of Saskatchewan. As the global economy emerges from the mandated lockdown to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers, companies and politicians are learning the hard way what people really need to...
Its hard to believe that there is such a thing as the “Northeast Saskatchewan Oilpatch” but in a strange way, there is such a place. Instead of Estevan, think Hudson Bay. Weyburn – think Arborfield. Heck, the area even has coal! This is not normally an area familiar...
It seems like just the other day (actually it was 15 years ago) when Prime Minister Stephen Harper opined about Canada’s role in the world as an “emerging energy superpower.” That was before fossil fuels were rebranded by too many Canadians as a national embarrassment...
When Brian Zinchuk asked me to write for the Pipeline Online, I was honored, grateful and also very excited. This would be my opportunity to give opinions, thoughts, criticisms and praise to my colleagues in the industry. Of course I immediately wondered, “What the...
We all heard the stories – Imperial Oil packing up its offices, its rigs, and hauling off to Alberta the day after Tommy Douglas and the CCF won the election – and Saskatchewan’s resource economy tanking forevermore. A true, or apocryphal story? Hmmm… lets see. I’ve...
