26th ANNUAL RUBBER ROCK BITS AWARDS:

Maybe we're getting a little soft as the RRBs are past the quarter-century mark, but we are including kudos – tip of the hat, pat on the shoulder, keep up the good work – to a few deserving souls.

PERFORMANCE COUNTS @AOT

Alberta Oil Tool, which celebrated 60 years of manufacturing excellence throughout 2011, has long recognized that its people are the company's most valuable resource.
AOT believes they are the foundation for creating and maintaining the highest quality standards of products.

DR. FOTH MAKES WAVES WITH JOE CLARK

Allan "Dr. Foth" Fotheringham, former panellist on the popular CBC-TV show Front Page Challenge, newspaper and magazine journalist – and Roughneck columnist – has a new book, Boy From Nowhere: A Life in Ninety-One Countries. We have an exclusive excerpt.

TOP 10 ENERGY SECTOR TRENDS IN 2012

Being negative often pays little dividend, and for Canada’s oil and gas industry the occasion is, on balance, quite positive, says Peter Tertzakian. In fact, amidst the din of global uncertainty, the business of oil and gas in Canada is marching forward with
encouraging structural changes, the cumulative magnitude of which has not been witnessed in decades.

THAT AND TWO BITS

Gratitude

MONEY MATTERS?

When To Access Your CPP

THOSE WERE THE DAY'S

Working for 90¢ an Hour

HOW CAN I HELP?

What Happens Abroad Doesn't Always Stay Abroad

ASK ALICIA?

Manners

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