Ryder Ellar

Dispatch columnist. Calm needling. He grants the disparity and denies the preferred cause. Personal responsibility with a grin. The slogan gets expensive when he asks who does the work.

The Line That Turned Applause Into Payroll

October 6, 2026

The pipeline is the tool. It turned bitumen under Alberta ground into a wage a crew can count on, royalties that keep a clinic staffed, and a market that reaches past the next election. Pacific Link will carry a million barrels a day from Bruderheim to Roberts Bank, following the corridor already proven by Trans […]

The Line That Turned Applause Into Payroll