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My Nikkel's Worth column

In the first two weeks of February, I’ve heard more about the possibility of exporting oil by way of Churchill, Man., than I have in several years.

Ever since SaskPower made the decision to retire Units 4 and 5 at the Boundary Dam Power Station, we knew the day was coming in which there would be job losses at the local mines.

There is a bottom line to the railway blockades and the other illegal protests across the country in support of the Wet’suwet’en fight against the Coastal GasLink project. Illegal protests have to stop.

In the first two weeks of February, I’ve heard more about the possibility of exporting oil by way of Churchill than I have in several years.

The editor: Yes, we are going to lose jobs from the coal mines. Let’s start thinking about nuclear. Everything we need to make Estevan the Energy City again is here. The only thing we are lacking is the method to make steam.

I like the TV show American Pickers, so when I realized that a trip to the Indianapolis 500 was going to take my brother and me right past their shop in Le Claire, Iowa, I had to stop.

So far this year, you could call 2020 the year of the protest. Or the year of the blockade. We’ve had the blockade by Unifor employees at the Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina.

Cheers: Cheers to all of the organizations in the community that planned day camps for the week off of school. It’s great to have activities that keep kids busy during the winter break.

Five years ago, there was a celebration in the community.