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The incident happened around 10:30 pm when three workers were dispatched to the town’s industrial area.
One of the workers dug out a manhole cover and climbed into the cavity, where he was apparently overcome by poisonous gases.
Occupational Health and Safety is investigating the accident.
The man was well loved by his family, friends and coworkers. Kindersley Minor Hockey posted on their Facebook page that he “always had a smile on his face, a contagious laugh and a “Hello my friend” when he saw you.”
If you wish to help out the man’s family, donations can be made by etransfer to: wilmersfamily2022@gmail.com
* The “Josh Fight,” started in 2021 by Josh Swain after he discovered a number of other folks on social media who shared his moniker, is an event held in Lincoln, Nebraska, in which hundreds of people named Josh duel with pool noodles to crown the “Ultimate Josh.”
To date, the event has raised over $20,000 for charity.
* In the 1970s, American Kitchen Foods, Inc., perhaps inspired by a picky young eater at home, tried disguising peas in a fry-shaped form with a product called “I hate peas.”
* Sea urchins acquired their name from hedgehogs, which were known as urchins until about the 15th century ... meaning, of course, that sea urchins are therefore essentially ocean hedgehogs.
* Prior to 1998, it was illegal in Victoria, Australia, to change a lightbulb unless you were a licensed electrician.
* Before you embark upon a detox regimen, you might consider this: In 2007, an advocacy group called Sense About Science reached out to the manufacturers of 15 so-called detox products and discovered that not one could come up with a definition of what they really meant by “detox.”
* Titanic director James Cameron drew that famous nude sketch of Rose in the film. (Kate Winslet wore a swimsuit for the scene.)
* The Hair Museum of Avanos, located beneath Chez Galip’s pottery shop in Cappadocia, Turkey, is filled with hair samples from over 16,000 women from around the world.
* Dolly Parton once offered 7th- and 8th-graders in her hometown of Sevierville, Tennessee, a gift of $500 if they graduated from high school, reducing the dropout rate from 30% to 6%.
* “Poecilonym” is a synonym for the word synonym.
Thought for the Day: “If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.” -- Eleanor Roosevelt
food and groceries from local stores.
Please see the details below on how you can access this program and get free groceries. Everyone is welcome and this program is operating every week.
When: Every week on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:00 p.m.
Location: Christian Fellowship Church (East Door) 800 - 12th Ave. E., Kindersley, SK
Please bring a grocery bag or box with you.
For more information, please contact Kindersley Christian Fellowship at 306-463-6146 or Barb at 306-460-9304.
* On Sept. 12, 1846, Elizabeth Barrett elopes with Robert Browning. Despite her father’s dislike of Browning, calling him an unreliable fortune hunter, Elizabeth and Robert conducted a secret courtship. After a secret wedding at St. Marylebone Parish Church, the two moved to Italy, where Elizabeth’s former weak health improved dramatically.
* On Sept. 14, 1901, U.S. President William McKinley dies after being shot in Buffalo, New York. When McKinley was operated on, doctors had failed to find the bullet, and gangrene soon spread throughout his body.
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* On Sept. 15, 1935, German Jews are stripped of their citizenship, reducing them to “subjects” of the state. German Jews were excluded from high-profile vocations, from public office to journalism and teaching, even farming. Jews found it difficult even to buy food.
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* On Sept. 16, 1940, the first peacetime draft in the history of the United States is imposed on men between the ages of 21 and 36. There were 20 million eligible young men; 50% were rejected the very first year for health reasons or illiteracy.
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* On Sept. 13, 1963, Texas-born entrepreneur Mary Kay Ash launches a cosmetic company in Dallas. Mary Kay Inc. would become a cosmetic empire with revenue of more than $3.5 billion and salespeople in dozens of countries. Mary Kay became renowned for an award system designed for women, including mink coats, diamond rings and pink Cadillacs.
* On Sept. 17, 1976, NASA publicly unveils its first space shuttle, the Enterprise, during a ceremony in California. In 1977, the Enterprise became the first space shuttle to fly freely when it was lifted to a height of 25,000 feet by a Boeing 747 airplane and then released, gliding back to Edwards Air Force Base on its own accord.
* On Sept. 18, 1981, the 20,000-car parking lot at Canada’s West Edmonton Mall makes the Guinness World Records as the largest parking lot in the world. However, Dubai was said at the time to be building a 40,000-space parking lot at their mall, but it only has 14,500 slots today.
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“Small” enough to care, “Big” enough to supply
Saskatchewan and Alberta helium will soon be going to space, as Royal Helium lands supply contract with space launch company
Twice last week, SaskEnergy set new daily natural gas usage records, and we can thank Alberta for most of our supply
BY BRIAN ZINCHUK brian.zinchuk@pipelineonline.ca
Not only was Saskatchewan setting electrical consumption records during the cold snap of last week of December, we also set two consecutive natural gas consumption records, too.
SASKATOON – On a day when NASA was supposed to launch its first Artemis rocket, restarting its moon program, Royal Helium Ltd. of Saskatoon had its own space-related announcement to make. In short order, helium from Alberta and Saskatchewan will soon be used by a North American company to launch its rockets into space.
According to SaskEnergy in a Dec. 31 release, “Extreme cold weather across Saskatchewan this week resulted in record-breaking natural gas demand in the province. On December 28 and 29, natural gas consumption surpassed the previous daily record of 1.57 petajoules (PJ) which was set in February 2021.
The company announced on Aug. 29 that it has entered into a long-term agreement with a major North American space launch company for the supply of helium. Initial deliveries under the supply agreement will commence in 2023.
“A new daily record of 1.62 PJ was set on December 28 and broken again on December 29 with total system delivery of 1.64 PJ. Delivery numbers for December 30 and 31 are not yet finalized, but are also expected to exceed 1.6 PJ.”
The natural gas records coincided with record power consumption. On Dec. 29, SaskPower set another record in power consumption for Saskatchewan. At 5:27 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2021, Saskatchewan homes and businesses reached 3,868 megawatts (MW) in power use, according to the Crown corporation. The previous record of 3,792 MW was reached four years ago to the day, on Dec. 29, 2017.
Royal Helium president and CEO Andrew Davidson said in a release, “We would like to thank our new partner for their substantial commitment to Royal Helium and Royal’s low carbon helium production programs. Royal aims to be a leading, greener source of helium for the aerospace, high tech, medical, and manufacturing industries worldwide.”
Speaking to Pipeline Online on Aug. 29, Davidson could not reveal who the client is, other than to say it was North American. That, in turn, limits the possibilities to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, or NASA. All three have been ramping up launch activities, with hundreds of new satellites from SpaceX and Blue Origin, and NASA intending on going back to the moon in short order.
Saskatchewan’s power production has increasingly shifted from coal to natural gas as a fuel source. In December, Boundary Dam Unit 4, a coal-fired generating unit, was retired, reducing the Boundary Dam Power Station to 672 megawatts capacity. On the natural gas side, Saskatchewan has seen the construction of several new natural gas-fired power plants. They include the baseload North Battleford Power Station (289 megawatts), Yellowhead Power Station peaking plant (also at North Battleford, 135 megawatts), the baseload Chinook Power Station at Swift Current (353 megawatts) and peaking plant Spy Hill Power Station (89 megawatts). Another 353 megawatt baseload
Royal also announced that with the engineering of its initial processing facilities largely complete. Supply and construction contracts are currently
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plant, very similar to Chinook, is under construction at Moose Jaw.
All of this added natural gas-fired power generation has, in turn, driven higher usage of natural gas during times of high electrical consumption.
being awarded. The company will be constructing two initial facilities, the first at Steveville, Alberta, and the second at Climax, Saskatchewan. The combined throughput capacity of the plants will be 20,000 mcf/day (20 million cubic feet per day gas input).
The Crown noted that increased demand from SaskEnergy’s industrial customers, including natural gas use for power production, was the main driver of this week’s record-setting consumption.
While the company has drilled seven wells in Saskatchewan to date, and purchased three additional wells in Alberta when it bought Imperial Helium, it does not yet have any active helium production. It won’t have any until those processing facilities are brought online in 2023.
SaskEnergy said it measures daily natural gas consumption for the 24-hour period from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. A PJ is a unit of measurement equivalent to one million gigajoules (GJ) of natural gas. An average Saskatchewan home consumes about 100 GJ of natural gas each year.
Davidson said that this contract will account for 40 to 50 per cent of those initial helium production numbers.
“SaskEnergy’s natural gas system design can accommodate additional capacity to manage increased consumption even on peak days,” SaskEnergy president and CEO Ken From said in a release. “Throughout the year, SaskEnergy employees inspect, maintain and enhance the system to support safe and reliable natural gas delivery in all weather conditions. In addition, employees monitor the system 24 hours a day to ensure sufficient system capacity to meet customer demand across the province.”
It’s a huge relief to get a contract like this, and Davidson said, “It also opens up a bunch of angles for how to finance those facilities. Now, it’s a project that we have a resource support on it shortly, and a sales contract.”
It took about six months to work out the contract, but landing a space launch company goes a long way in proving out the company’s business model. While rocketry is often mentioned by helium explorers as a possible market, actually landing a contract is another thing entirely. And Davidson says there’s demand. CONTINUED
This province is now largely dependent on neighbouring Alberta to fulfill roughly two-thirds of our natural gas needs.
When natural gas prices took a tumble roughly 14 years ago, Saskatchewan’s domestic gas production fell off a cliff. Targeted gas drilling went essentially extinct, with next to no gas-specific wells being drilled in this province for most of the past decade. Our domestic gas production is now largely based on associated gas production that comes with oil production. As a result, Saskatchewan went from being a net gas exporter for the period of 1988 to 2009 to a net importer that year.
“We understand it’s the first contract that this group has entered into for helium supply that is not with an industrial gas major. It’s the first time they’ve dipped down into the producer market, to secure volumes. So it’s a major step for us. It was a major step for them, as well, which is why it took so long.
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“The contract does not specify a maximum, and their needs for helium are extreme. So if we’re able to send them more, to this customer, they will take as much as we can send them under the terms of this contract, which are very, very beneficial to us,” Davidson said.
In rocketry, helium is used as a counterbalance and purge gas, as it won’t ignite or react. “As fuels expended, helium comes in,” he said.
The company had to choose a facility to build first, and the Steveville, Alberta, processing facility will be that first one, followed by Climax’s. That means Royal’s initial supply of helium will originate from Alberta, but that will soon be joined by Saskatchewan helium.
“Saskatchewan is now in the space exploration business. We’re supplying we’re supplying critical parts that will the ships can’t leave the atmosphere without,” Davidson said.
Lloydminster will be hosting its first heavy oil show since 2018. The event will take place Sept. 14-15, with a banquet on Sept. 13.
You see, there was supposed to be a show in 2020, but then a little thing called COVID-19 happened, and that put an end to that.
So it’s an opportunity for the industry in northwest Saskatchewan to get back together again, in person, break bread at some meals, talk shop in the trade show, and get back to finding the best
way to produce heavy oil.
Roger Deeks, president of the Lloydminster Oilfield Technical Society, said on the Tuesday night banquet they have Rob Morgan, CEO of Strathcona Resources, as the keynote speaker.
David Yager, a columnist with Pipeline Online and the Canadian Energy Centre, will be doing a fireside chat with Morgan. There will be greetings from the Saskatchewan and Alberta governments as well.
Things kick off in a big way on Wednesday, Sept. 14, with the Oil Sands Pathways breakfast. Rhona Delfrari from Cenovus will be doing an. She will also be doing another presentation at industry update then lunch time with Saskatchewan Minister of Energy and Resources Jim Reiter and a representative of the Alberta government.
“The show opens at 9 a.m. on Wednesday,” Deeks said. The show closes at 5 p.m., followed by the ChampionX Shrimp Boil.
Doors reopen at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15 and close at 4 p.m.
There are not entrance fees for the public to attend the show. That’s in contrast to the Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Show held in Weyburn this past June, which, for the first time, charged a $10/day entrance fee.
To save time entering, it’s best to register online for your entry badge beforehand. That can be done at lhos.ca
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overmix, as it will be a thick consistency.
Generously spray or brush a waffle iron with oil, and set on medium heat. When ready, an adult may spoon some of the brownie mixture onto the waffle iron. I use an ice cream scoop. Vary the amount according to the size of your waffle iron so that it doesn’t spill over the sides when closed.
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Looking for an easy, last-minute, chocolate-y dessert idea that doesn’t require heating up the oven on a hot September day? Here’s a clever idea you and your kids will enjoy: Make yummy homemade brownies in a waffle iron. Then, top them with fresh seasonal fruit like raspberries or scoop some vanilla ice cream on top. Yum!
Here’s how to make the kid-pleasing, all-American chocolate treat in this off-kilter way:
BROWNIES IN A WAFFLE IRON
(Makes four 7-inch round waffles)
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Dash of salt
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, melted
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Melt butter and cool. In a mixing bowl, let your kids measure and combine the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, combine the butter, eggs and vanilla.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir with a big spoon until combined, being careful not to
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When the batter is baked (our family likes them crispy on the outside), carefully remove the “waffle brownie” out of the waffle iron with a spatula, and cool slightly on a rack or plate.
To serve: Sprinkle serving portions of a warm waffle brownie with sifted confectioner’s sugar, raspberries, a scoop of vanilla ice cream or fudge sauce.
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Store leftover brownies in an airtight container or in your freezer.
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Shortcut idea: Use your favorite commercial brownie mix. I used the family-size Pillsbury chocolate fudge brownie mix for delicious results.
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LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) You have lots of inner strength in reserve. Use some of it to resist intimidation from those who might try to impose on your good nature for their own reasons.
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Relationships continue to thrive, but watch for any telltale signs of potential problems. Take needed action now to set things straight, before they become troublesome later.
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Your powers of persuasion backed up, of course, by your considerable expertise help you to establish your case, even to the most dubious decision-makers in your workplace.
GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You might still be a bit reluctant to face up to some less-than-pleasant realities. But, the sooner you accept the facts, the sooner you can set about making some needed changes.
CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Expect to make adjustments, even when things seem locked up and ready to go. But, cheer up: At least one change could lead to something you’ve been hoping for.
LEO (July 23 to August 22) The success of a recent project should do a lot to boost your self-confidence. You might want to check out ways to make that long-deferred bigger and bolder move.
VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Ease up on the pressure you might be putting on the new person in your life. It takes time for a budding relationship to blossom. Showing them more patience and understanding will help.
SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) The good news is that your on-the-job status is improving. The one cautionary note, however, involves a personal situation you might have been ignoring for too long.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Congratulations. Once again, your sharp Sagittarian “horse sense” helps you work through a complicated situation that would leave most people confused.
CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Plan on indulging yourself in some well-earned good times through much of the week. Then be prepared to face some thought-provoking issues during the next few weeks.
AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Positive factors continue to dominate, following a recent change in both your professional and personal lives. Expect to make contact with someone from your past.
PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Workplace stability allows you to continue making progress on your projects. But, don’t ignore your personal life. Spend more quality time with those special folks.
BORN THIS WEEK: You have a gift for making people feel special. Maybe it’s because you know how special you are.
HOLLYWOOD — Tom Cruise does Fred Astaire? With “Mission: Impossible 8” in the can and the $1.8 billion grosses for “Top Gun: Maverick,” at 60 years old, Cruise is taking on singing and dancing next in an as-yet-untitled musical. Cruise sang in “Rock of Ages,” with Julianne Hough and Russell Brand (but it didn’t even gross its $75 million cost). Fear not — he’ll most likely get serious again later on with a top-secret action film that’ll evolve into his next franchise. His third film will shoot in outer space, with NASA and Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The plan is to dock with Axiom, the world’s first commercial space station. ***
Jason Momoa’s riding high with the $1.148 billion grosses from “Aquaman,” and even though he has Netflix’s “Slumberland,” “Fast X” (scheduled to release May 2023), “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” (due June 2023), “Fast & Furious 11” and “The Last Manhunt” coming soon, he can’t quite get over his turn as “Conan the Barbarian” in 2011, which cost $90 million and tanked with only a $63.5 million gross. Momoa admitted, “It was one of the best experiences I had, and it was taken over and turned into a pile of ...” — let’s just say, he wasn’t exactly happy with the end result. Funny how he was thrilled to be Conan, until Aquaman got him into the swim of things!
Do major players like John Goodman, Sharon Stone, Sofia Vergara and Jane Seymour not fully understand that the downloadable, “free” phone app games they represent are traps for kids and people who love games?
These so-called “free” games can get people addicted to gambling. The games are developed by the Isra-
el-based company Playtika, who advertises that Slotomania is free, but in order to keep spinning or playing after the initial free coins, you must spend real money to continue playing. Not only are these games not actually free, but the money you spend buying coins for spins doesn’t keep you in the game for very long.
The only winner in this scam is Playtika: You can put your money into the game, but you can’t take money out, because all winnings are “virtual.” A 2018 Washington state class-action lawsuit accused Playtika of violating anti-gambling laws in their state. Did the stars hawking these games know what they’re representing, or are they blinded by the big money they’re making from it?
John Goodman’s face on the front of a big finger is something that’s hard to get out of your mind!
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