We are pleased to welcome aboard Adrienne Mason as our new Eston correspondent!

Methane, the key constituent of natural gas, is a potent greenhouse gas when emitted to the atmosphere unburned. In recent years there have been international, national and provincial efforts to reduce methane emissions.

The Town of Kindersley Administrative Office issued an immediate release on January 28 after a staff member received a positive test result for COVID-19.

New Democratic Party Leader Ryan Meili says we are now dealing with the results of not implementing a COVID-19 “circuit breaker” in November, and that the province has not taken full advantage of federal relief funds.

Three more weeks. That’s the length of the most recent extension of public health orders in Saskatchewan meant to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Seeking to broaden its membership and voice, the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (CAODC) announced on Jan. 26 the introduction of a new Directional Drilling Division.

R.M. of Kindersley Reeve, Lionel Story (right) presents retired Reeve Glen Harrison with a gift of appreciation for his many years of service.

Montanna Meyer (right), Relationship Manager of Eston / Eatonia PCCU, presented Lorne Johnson, President of the Wheatland Plus Fifty Club with a $1000 donation.

January 25th, 2021 was a very special day for Ella Eichorn from Leader, Sask. A century ago, on that day in 1921, Ella was born in the Leader area. In 2021, residents of Leader got together to honour Ella on her special birthday.

On January 18th, 2021, Kindersley RCMP investigated a theft where a suspect was identified through video surveillance.

Saskatchewan’s Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab has recently been the target of protests, and an incident on Saturday, Jan. 23, had Premier Scott Moe saying the Regina Police Service and RCMP would be involved and security is being considered…

By Tuesday, Jan. 19, SGI Canada had already received 1,885 property claims as a result of the Alberta clipper storm that whacked southern Saskatchewan Jan. 13-14.

Before President Biden was even inaugurated, TC Energy let it be known they would be stopping work on the Keystone XL pipeline.

On Jan. 18, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum lifted a state-wide mandatory mask order, with the state having brought its COVID-19 new case numbers down to a level lower than Saskatchewan’s.

If you don’t like the money that comes from energy, try going without it. And by the way, you’re currently accepting a lot of it, which you might soon do without.

Saskatchewan, and Canada as a whole, is seeing hiccups in what are still early days of the COVID-19 vaccination rollout. On Jan. 19, the federal government explained that it would not be receiving any of the Pfizer vaccine the following week, for instance.

This is the verbatim executive order killing the Keystone XL pipeline, again, as signed by newly-inaugurated President Joe Biden within his first hour in the Oval Office:

One of the first acts of Donald Trump as president of the United States was to invite TransCanada, now TC Energy, to resubmit its Keystone XL pipeline application, and to then approve it.

Like almost every other public event since COVID-19 hit in March, 2020, the Saskatchewan Industrial & Mining Suppliers Association Inc. (SIMSA) had to put off its regular October Oil & Gas Supply Chain Forum.

Between January 11th, to January 17th, 2021, Kindersley RCMP responded to 73 calls for service.