1st Annual Kathy Allen Memorial 3 Lady Scramble: A Fantastic Success
With temperatures in the mid 20’s, the first annual Kathy Allen Memorial 3 Lady Scramble was well attended with 18 teams registering for the 18-hole best ball golf tournament.
Nuclear power is Estevan’s to lose, if Saskatchewan goes ahead with small modular reactors
On Sept. 20, SaskPower announced they were considering two areas as possible sites for Saskatchewan’s first two nuclear reactors.
The Klarenbach Report: Ray Somerville
Ray Somerville was an ambitious entrepreneur with his sons creating and operating successful businesses, including grain farming…
Improving Alberta’s driver licensing system
Starting in spring 2023, Alberta will no longer require the advanced road test for Class 5 and Class 6 driver’s licences.
Growing Through Grief: Grief is a Season
If you are in grief over loss of a loved one, a job, a relationship, a home, or any other loss I am here to tell you I have been there. Likely not exactly the same way you have but I can relate to the pain of loss.
Penton: MLB sluggers chasing history
It has been a baseball season to remember for a number of sluggers, but Aaron Judge, New York Yankees’ No. 99 — who shows absolutely no disrespect to that royal athletic number…
Pop 89: The Nightingalian Age
The press is caught up in royal-mania, on an upswing of its love-hate-love-the-monarchy pendulum. The latest symptom is the reference to Queen Elizabeth’s reign as the “Elizabethan era.”
Check It Out: One perspective doesn’t tell the whole story
I’m beginning this week with a corny Elvis joke. The voice on the phone told the lady she had won her choice of either $500 or tickets to see an Elvis Presley tribute band.
Part 2: Grant Devine’s motivation to build upgraders while they had the chance
This is Part 2 of a 6-part series on the two heavy oil upgraders built in Saskatchewan is based on the book So Much More We Can Be: Saskatchewan’s Paradigm Shift…
Alberta government set to hike gasoline tax
LETHBRIDGE, AB: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on the Alberta government to scrap its plans to hike gas taxes.
Pop 89: They all served
What a tragic, momentous week it was. A week of death. On Thursday, these words came to mind: from the colonized to the colonizer.
Penton: Interesting winter ahead for Flames’ fans
Calgary Flames may have had the most intriguing off-season of any National Hockey League team, and for Flames’ fans, the coming season’s success or failure will be measured in mathematical comparisons.
Check It Out: Unity and integrity - a winning combo
A philosopher told his followers, “There are two things in life that matter above all else. 1. Integrity. If you made a promise, carry it out, even if it bankrupts you, cripples you, or kills you.
Devine’s heavy oil upgraders became anchors for Sask economy
Part 1 of a 6-part series on the Grant Devine-era heavy oil upgraders…
Health care delivery shows UCP’s arrogant ignorance
Twenty-two years of Alberta Health Services (AHS) and the promise of efficiency, effectiveness and financial stability has led to nothing.
The Klarenbach Report Sep 19
We live in a world of binary thinking. Where there are two sides, and you can only pick one. Are you with me or against me? We attach labels with certainty.
MP Kurek Joins Interparliamentary Group on Washington, D.C. Trip
Member of Parliament Damien C. Kurek had the following statement on his recent trip to Washington, D.C. with the Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Association.
BUMP. SET. SPIKE!
Oyen’s South Central High School varsity girls’ home opener was against Provost Public on Thursday, September 15.
Sharing history is preserving history at CFS Alsask
The Canadian Civil Defence Museum Association conducted tours of the Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Alsask dome on Sunday, September 4th.
Rangeland Reality Check: Basic Principles of Grazing Management
Mother Nature certainly flexed her muscles in the 2017 growing season. Drought, fires, and poor stock water quality are just some issues that caused grief for Saskatchewan ranchers.