It was May, 2016, when I had the chance to ask Donald Trump if he would approve the Keystone XL pipeline. On that day in Bismarck, North Dakota, he had just secured enough delegates to become the presumptive Republican candidate for president. I asked if he would...
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Brian Zinchuk: Has Canada Forgotten How To Build Drilling Rigs?
I don’t know if anyone else has noticed, but while we weren’t looking, a significant portion of our industrial base has been hollowed out. And we will likely live to regret it. While at the Lloydminster Heavy Oil Show Sept. 11-12, Mark Scholz, longtime president of...
After 140-Odd Years, Can’t We Figure Rail Out Yet?
In all the fuss about the Canadian rail disruption, one thing jumped out at me. Here’s how the National Post reported it: “Despite the economic impacts, the Canadian Industrial Relations Board ruled earlier this month that the railway workers are not an essential...
First Nations Buy Into Pipelines
It’s taken years to get here, but there’s a new trend in Canada’s pipeline industry, and it couldn’t come soon enough. That’s because the path we’ve been on until now has been one to ruin. On July 30, TC Energy announced it was in the process of selling 5.34 per cent...
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Canadian Property Rights Index 2023
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
Alberta Politics and Empty Promises of Health-care Solutions
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
Sask Politician: CO2 Is Not a Pollutant; We’re Going to Burn Coal Until We Run Out of Coal
Attached photo - Sask United Party Leader Jon Hromek Speaking in Weyburn on July 25, 2024 WEYBURN, SK - It’s not often an oil company CEO sells his company to run for provincial politics, becoming the leader of an upstart party in the process. But that’s...
Free Speech Was Curtailed In Canada. Did You Notice?
In the waning days of June, the federal Liberal government, supported by the New Democratic Party, passed legislation to take away some of the rights to free speech in Canada. Bill C-59 was an omnibus budget bill, which meant its passage was assured lest the...
A Plan to Save Coal, Power Generation, and the Oil Industry in Southeast Saskatchewan
Stop moving to shut down Saskatchewan coal – it could be the salvation of our oil industry
One (Megawatt) Is the Loneliest Number, But Hundreds of Batteries are Absurd
You can build a lot of reactors or HELE coal plants with CCS for a lot less
Current World Oil Prices Make No Sense
When looking at current world oil prices, one has to ask – does the world not know there are several wars going on which should normally have a direct impact on oil markets? The first is Russia’s expanded invasion of Ukraine, which took place just under two years ago....
What Doubling The Grid Really Means
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 probably get...
Alberta Won The Energy Lottery
Alberta won the energy lottery, yet it had to beg its neighbours if they could spare a megawatt?
Education Failure Has Many Fathers
This Saskatchewan teacher’s strike is about something no one wants to say openly
Alberta’s Close Brush with Blackouts Stiffens Moes Resolve
Alberta’s close brush with possible rolling blackouts stiffens Moe’s resolve to keep the lights on. Moe reiterates: “We will not attempt the impossible when it comes to power production” The past weekend proved to be a close-run thing for the Alberta electrical...