Oil & Gas

Two area companies are up for recognition at the provincial level, as the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce released their list of finalists for the ABEX Awards.

Harvest operations in the southeast region has continued in the past week with hot, dry weather helping to enable producers to be in the fields, and to ripen crops for harvesting.

40 rigs at work now

By Greg Nikkel Warm sunny weather has helped producers in the southeast get out into the fields for harvest operations, with scattered showers causing momentary delays, along with about an inch of rain on Wednesday that hit parts of the region.

Winter wheat, peas first crops off

Arcola, Calgary – There weren’t a lot of drilling rigs working in southeast Saskatchewan in mid-July, but one that was turning to the right was Betts Drilling Rig 3, punching a hole south of Arcola for Triland Energy Inc.

Overtime, a Junior Achievement (JA) company formed by 17 students at Weyburn Comprehensive High School, has been selected as the recipient of the 2016 Canadian Chamber of Commerce Company of the Year award.

A new report from the CUPE Saskatchewan Health Care Council shows that understaffing and workload are critical issues in continuing care in this province.

The Weyburn 4-H Beef Club had several members take part in the Southeast Calf Cruze show in Weyburn, the Lord of the Rings Stock Show in Estevan and the Kennedy 4-H Jackpot this past month.

Williston, N.D. – Perhaps the starkest contrast for Williston, N.D., in 2014 to today, is the extreme decline in traffic on U.S. Route 85, which, in 2014, I was told was referred to by the locals as “The Gauntlet.” I have seen the boom.