Friday, May 11, 2012, 1600 Ensign Front Page Volume 14, No. 54 - Scattered cumulus 1/8th 9,000, visibility 15, 16ºC, wind 21 knots at 240º gusting to 33, altimeter 29.84
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Tisdale
starts May 11
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
(PG)***
Melfort
starts - May 11
The Avengers (PG)***
The Five-Year Engagement
(R)****
Porcupine Plain
starts May 4
21 Jump Street
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Bee keeper hard at work Northwest of Tisdale at 11:55 Wednesday, May 9, 2012
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
The sun and wind are doing what needs to be done and this year's farm year is about to get underway.
by: Mario deSantis
Mount Vernon, Washington:
Here are some outstanding images of tulip fields growing just across the border from Abbotsford British Columbia.
by: Ken Jones
Regina:
This set of images celebrate the magic of metal work captured by Regina photographer Ken Jones.
by: Timothy W. Shire
images by: Stanley Willows
Tompkins:
Definitely not an endangered species this owl is remarkably adaptable and not a fussy eater.
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
Sunday the Community Band and the Men's Choir brought music and enjoyment to Tisdale with a huge variety of styles and put on a really great show.
by: Darlene McCullough
Tisdale:
The Parkland Photography club had an excellent meeting this month with a workshop on the whole issue of composition. Darlene's report gives you a good synopsis of that discussion.
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tompkins:
A wife four sons, seven grand children and a whole community share in the lose of a hard working man.
by: Albert Orban
Tisdale:
For decades Albert has been fascinated with the joy of springs arrival and with it the coming of pussy willows. He has a great tree in his back yard and a poem to go with the beauties.
by: Timothy W. Shire
images by: Matthew Shire
Yellowhead highway:
Good Friday wet snow, a lot of it, dumped on south central Saskatchewan. This is what it was like driving in that storm.
Today In Ensign
TWS - Almost ready to seed
Mario deSantis - RoozenGaarde nursery
Ken Jones - Sparks
TWS - Great Horned Owl
Mario deSantis - RoozenGaarde nursery
Ken Jones - Sparks
TWS - Great Horned Owl
Today In Ensign past years
2011 -
2010 - House number two
2008 -
2007 - Get summer active
2005 - Boarding will be delayed
2001 - Celebrate our libraries and geese and clouds
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by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
Shock, that's what we felt when we arrived in Tisdale Saturday night. More than a foot of snow.
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
Schapansky's auction yard is filling up in preparation for a huge sale on April 17th.
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
Definitely a limited edition. The swans of North America have a difficult time with hunters and habitat.
by: Ken Jones
Craven:
Each year we post Ken's crocus pictures but usually in late April. This year they are early.
by: Darlene McCullough
Tisdale:
This month the club photo shoot was going for contrast and four outstanding images came close to the mark.
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
People and politicians make mistakes and that's why we and they both need to listen to one another. Thinking you are right doesn't make for success.
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
The geese are happy to be back and the writer of this story is not because of the 33% increase for prescriptions to people over 65 years old.
by: Timothy W. Shire
Winnipeg & Tisdale:
In the southern prairies the snow is gone and the temperature is staying above freezing.
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
My grandfather chose to come and make Canada his home. I am glad he did, its a good place and I would like to see it stay that way.
by: Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls, Ontario:
This story calls upon the Prime Minister to get to work and root out those responsible for subverting the 2011 election.
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
Today we take stock of the important things in our community. Twenty pictures of Tisdale and its surrounding area in a discussion about Saskatchewan's past present and future.
by: Alain Leblanc
Regina:
This is Telemiracle weekend in Saskatchewan with the telethonn on CTV beginning on Saturday night.
by: Ken Jones
Pilot Butte:
Fog below freezing creates unusual ice formations on plant life. Photographer Ken Jones went after some in a stubble field near Regina.
by: Mario deSantis
Vancouver, British columbia:
Each of are on a journey. Mario's is taking him into the world of photography and we explore it with him in his visit to a Vancouver gallery.
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
It has been decades since this vehicle was common place in rural Saskatchewan but today we had the treat of seeing one, zooming across the country-side.
by: Mario deSantis
Abbotsford, British columbia:
Mario is taking a digital photography class while his wife. Sharon is doing a pottery class. Today we see how both are getting along.
by: Lorraine Wisser
Tisdale:
Better than a grand slam in baseball, less common then a hole in one in golf, scoring eight with only eight rocks is the ultimate achievement in curling. This past weekend Lorraine Wisser and her team did the perfect end.
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
For decades downtown Tisdale was where you would find the man who operated the bus depot and owned the "coffee shop". He passed away last week at age 83.
by: Ken Jones
Pilot Butte:
This is a truly impressive set of six pictures showing the extreme water crystals formed this past weekend in the Regina area.
by: Darlene McCullough
Tisdale:
Competitions and community projects are all part of the monthly Parkland Photography meetings. This month the theme shoot was "break the rules."
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
One of the best things to show up on our television screens in 2012. This new show tells the story of a struggling airline in Yellowknife with an aggressive well educated aboriginal person taking a leadership role.
by:Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls, Ontario
The Prime Minister is not amused with the U.S. government's rejection of the Keystone Pipeline but at the same time has presided over the relentless take overs of Canadian industry and resources.
by:Joyce Neufeld
Walldeck
The decision by parliament to close down the monopoly by the Canadian Wheat Board was against the law. Odd that this was done by a government so brash about being hard on crime.
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
Sorry about being late this year. We were in Winnipeg last week and though I had the equipment with me the software and a mysterious server issue stopped me cold. So here is my peek into the crystal ball for this year.
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