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    Massive $2.66B expansion project complete at Regina refinery

    Well NDPQ and Greenie Weenies how do you like that? Ready to supply XL with upgraded heavy oil, a major jump in finished refined product output, more than enough to handle demand in the coming years and another expansion with another upgrader just around the bend.... REGINA — The largest...
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    Open Letter To The Youth Of Our Nation - 1955

    Young people of America, awake from your slumber of indolence and hark-en the call of the future! Do you realise you are rapidly becoming a doomed generation? Do you realise that the fate of the world and of generations to come rests on your shoulders? Do you realise that at any time you may be...
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    Who could succeed Harper if the Cylons attacked?

    OTTAWA — If tragedy struck and Stephen Harper were somehow unable to perform his duties as prime minister, who would take over? Battlestar Galactica fans know this question is vitally important, as responsibility fell to the 43rd person in the line of succession when the mechanical killer...
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    Flu clinic suspended - Vaccine pulled as precautionary measure

    People lining up for their yearly flu shots at hospitals across Saskatchewan are being turned away because of a Canada-wide suspension of the flu vaccine used in the province. Marlene Jorgenson and her husband were at City Hospital in Saskatoon on Saturday waiting to get their vaccinations...
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    Many believe aboriginal people don't pay enough taxes

    A new poll suggests more than 60 per cent of Saskatchewan people believe aboriginal people don't pay enough taxes. The University of Saskatchewan's Social Sciences Research Lab asked a question on that subject as part of a survey of 1,750 people March 5-19. The Taking the Pulse survey found...
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    Quake

    Haida Gwaii hit with 7.7
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    Hosers!

    Ever wonder what a hoser is? Most of us know who these guys are but do you know what a hoser is? I recently found out that hoser is a term that is local to me in Regina. Well here it is, a hoser is somebody who steals gasoline by syphoning. As you were.....eh!
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    Climate Change and forestry in Canada

    Canadians are sking already. Earliest opening date EVER! How did SK end up where AB is?
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    Vancouver Hooker Union wins bid for court challenge

    The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the right of a non-profit group representing women and transgender women in downtown Vancouver's sex trade to challenge the country's anti-prostitution laws on constitutional grounds. The ruling means the group can go back to B.C. Supreme Court to pursue...
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    The Nerds Are Back To Work

    Parliament resumed today. Let the games and bull**** begin!
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    Pope Benny shows his baals in Lebanon.

    Pope Benedict XVI appealed to Christians, Jews and Muslims alike to "root out" religious fundamentalism, as deadly unrest sweeps the Middle East over a film mocking Islam. The Pope, who arrived in Lebanon on Friday for a three-day visit, has also told the Christian minority in the Middle East...
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    99 Days Until Mayan Doomsday.

    It must suck to be Mayan.
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    This summer may see first ice-free North Pole

    No idea that was 16-17 years ago.
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    This summer may see first ice-free North Pole

    When I worked at Lupin there was still a little sun everyday. 2-3hrs but not much. Any further north and it's twilight then dark.
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    This summer may see first ice-free North Pole

    Ice cap will be in total darkness by Oct 27 with still 8 hours of sun on the circle.
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    This summer may see first ice-free North Pole

    There are only two seasons really. Light and dark. Sometimes it's warmer when it turns light and sometimes it's cooler.
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    This summer may see first ice-free North Pole

    Juat around the corner from my favourite shop(s). Sawchyn Guitars Ltd. - Fine Hand-made Guitars and Mandolins in Regina, SK & sometimes Bushwakker Brewpub
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    Denial site

    It's okay. We have NG to reduce oil and coal consumption. It takes to time to convert.
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    Denial site

    WOW! We're giving all that valuable CO2 away for FREE? How sad is that?
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    Hunting in Saskatchewan

    There probably is no such thing as a hunters' paradise, but Saskatchewan probably comes as close as you can get. We have tens of thousands of square kilometres of wildlife habitat, good populations of game species, from ducks to moose, and a long history of hunting. It's been estimated that...