Editor and owner of Pipeline Online Ltd - PipelineOnline.ca.After 12 years of being editor of Pipeline News, I'm taking my destiny into my own hands. Based in Estevan, Pipeline Online is Saskatchewan’s Energy News, focusing not only on oil and gas, but the related industries that make use of the same people, companies, equipment and expertise. This will include geothermal power production, helium, lithium, and solution potash mining. There will also be extensive coverage of… Show more Editor and owner of Pipeline Online Ltd - PipelineOnline.ca.After 12 years of being editor of Pipeline News, I'm taking my destiny into my own hands. Based in Estevan, Pipeline Online is Saskatchewan’s Energy News, focusing not only on oil and gas, but the related industries that make use of the same people, companies, equipment and expertise. This will include geothermal power production, helium, lithium, and solution potash mining. There will also be extensive coverage of power generation, as it’s all related.This will be 21st century journalism, allowing for things like video stories and podcasts. But unlike most other news sites, it won’t be about the soundbite. Pipeline Online will provide the depth, knowledge and analysis that no one else does regarding the Saskatchewan energy sector. Where other media might write five paragraphs, here you might find five stories.You’re going to see stories about the people with dirt under their fingernails, the companies that struggled through the downturns and COVID, and have survived. People with ingenuity, grit, determination, business acumen and just plain guts. We keep the lights on and houses warm, not only in this province, but in this country and across the world.It’s about Saskatchewan, for Saskatchewan. Pipeline Online will be on the ground, from Lloydminster to Kindersley, Shaunavon to Carlyle. Our contributors know and understand Saskatchewan, and are either from here, have worked here, or have other ties. You’ll see coverage from the Lloydminster area of Alberta, and we’ll show some love to the southwest Manitoba oilpatch (no one else does. Heck, half the time the Manitoba government doesn’t even know it’s there.) We might even venture into North Dakota on occasion.If it concerns Saskatchewan’s energy sector, you’ll find it on PipelineOnline.ca Show less

I covered the Saskatchewan Legislature and provincial affairs for the following papers: Estevan Mercury, Weyburn Review, Carlyle Observer, Assiniboia Times, Humboldt Journal, Yorkton This Week, Canora Courier, Preeceville Progress, Kamsack Times, Battlefords News Optimist, The Outlook, Pipeline News. The Toronto Star often carried my copy.

Pipeline News was Saskatchewan's petroleum monthly newspaper. In 2008 it was reformed to be provincial in scope. During those 12 years I wrote about every aspect of the Saskatchewan oilpatch, from drilling to fracking, refineries to pipelines. I visited nearly every oilpatch community, and either wrote or editted stories about most of the companies within the oilpatch. I got to know the people, the companies and the towns which have built this, the second largest industry in… Show more Pipeline News was Saskatchewan's petroleum monthly newspaper. In 2008 it was reformed to be provincial in scope. During those 12 years I wrote about every aspect of the Saskatchewan oilpatch, from drilling to fracking, refineries to pipelines. I visited nearly every oilpatch community, and either wrote or editted stories about most of the companies within the oilpatch. I got to know the people, the companies and the towns which have built this, the second largest industry in Saskatchewan.The coverage was more in-depth than any other media with respect to energy. For instance, when Boundary Dam Unit 3 Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage Project opened in October, 2014, I wrote approximately 20 stories on it totalling 20,000 words. From time to time I was asked to contribute to CJME/CKOM’s John Gormley Live, speaking about the energy industry. Show less