Monday, October 20, 2025
Rick Warters, BSc’82 (Geology), P.Geo, led an active career in oil and gas exploration and development in Canada and the US that spanned 35 years until his retirement in 2017. Rick has held several senior leadership and executive positions in including Amerada Hess, Petro-Canada, Burlington Resources, ConocoPhillips and most recently Talisman/Repsol, where he retired as the Director of North American Subsurface Development and Vice President of Geosciences Canada. Rick was the founder of the UCalgary’s Geoscience Alumni Chapter, and was instrumental in creating the endowed Geoscience Alumni Scholarship.

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The Nixon Doctrine comes to Europe

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The emerging new shape of the Atlantic Alliance is based on an old example. https://www.visegrad24.com/articles/the-nixon-doctrine-comes-to-europe

Dragon and bear: partners in paranoia

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https://www.visegrad24.com/articles/dragon-and-bear-partners-in-paranoia Why the China-Russia alliance is destined to collapse - eventually. My take.

The guilty men: how the alt-right harms conservatism

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https://www.visegrad24.com/articles/the-guilty-men-how-the-alt-right-harms-conservatism Yes, conservatives have enemies on the right. The alt-right is poison within the conservative movement. My take.

Go time!

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In BIG Media's fifth year of operation, we are making a push to become a global editorial powerhouse ... and we need your help! If...

Post about posts

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Most members at BIG Media Ltd. are successful people who subscribed here because they understand the importance of establishing a trustworthy and accurate source...

Business and Politics: til death do us part

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I regularly see posts on LinkedIn scolding the general network for the sin of posting anything that could be considered political. The wording varies,...

Common Interests

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Common Interests Okay, I'm no expert on public sentiment, just your average Joe. But I think I can feel some building ground swell, seeking to...

What would you do if you were judge/jury?

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https://big-media.ca/who-and-how-do-you-punish-when-a-six-year-old-is-the-shooter/ What do you do when a 6-year-old shoots his teacher? Do you lock up the parents for years? Do you try to have the child placed...

“New Zealand Prime Minister Calls for a Global Censorship System”

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New Zealand Prime Minister Calls for a Global Censorship System jonathanturley C-Span screengrab New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is the latest liberal leader to call for...

In Switzerland, Heating Rooms Above 19C May Be Legally Punishable

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In Switzerland, Heating Rooms Above 19C May Be Legally Punishable Maybe 3 years in the slammer. “Switzerland considers JAILING anyone who heats rooms above 19C...

BIG Exclusives

Haiti – the tortured history of a once-sovereign nation

Since 2020, Haiti has not had a functioning parliament or elected officials, and leader after failed leader, no lasting solution has been found. The...

Pouring cold water on media-driven measles hysteria

Measles outbreaks in late 2024 and early 2025 have reignited media-driven panic. Infectious disease experts are back in the spotlight, warning of a public...