ESTEVAN – Eight years. That’s how long the leadership of United Mine Workers of America Local 7606 has been fighting what until very recently was a losing battle to maintain coal mining jobs at the Westmoreland Estevan Mine. They can tell from Ashley Johnson’s email –...
For many years, Ontario has been on the cusp of developing a massive critical minerals play called the “Ring of Fire” in Northern Ontario. To say it is remote is an understatement. One of the key things to making it happen is simply bringing an all-weather...
Apparently his 2006 film, An Inconvenient Truth, with its ice free polar regions didn’t really pan out, did it? Nonetheless, former Vice President Al Gore is on stage again. TED published this on YouTube on July 4. Here’s the description from YouTube:...
ESTEVAN – As the owner and operator of one of Estevan’s longest-running hotels, Jeff Pierson has seen the ups and downs of the Energy City’s booms and busts. And with the impending demise of the coal industry now averted, things are looking up for the Days Inn....
Trican Well Service Ltd. has signed a deal to buy Iron Horse Energy Services, a privately owned oilfield services provider. Under the deal, the company will pay $77.35 million in cash and 33.76 million Trican common shares, making the deal worth about $231 million...
Canada’s efforts to broaden trade beyond the United States appear to be bearing fruit, but economists warn it will be a long road before Canadian exporters settle at a new status quo. Statistics Canada said Thursday that the country’s merchandise trade...
