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 Mr. Harper goes to Ottawa - Wednesday
March 1, 2006
by : David Orchard
Borden : Mr. Orchard explains how Stephen harpoer has come t be Canada's Prime Minister and how former Vice President Albert Gore sugguests he had a little help from his oil friends.
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 Donkey power at Success - Wednesday
March 1, 2006
by : Edwin Wallace
Success : Edwin has a shop made from bails, heats it with synthetic natural gas he makes from wood chips and now he has a home made wind generation system nearing completion.
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 Emasculated Canadian Wheat Board - Wednesday
March 1, 2006
by : Henry Neufeld
Waldeck : Edwin has a shop made from bails, heats it with synthetic natural gas he makes from wood chips and now he has a home made wind generation system nearing completion
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 SHSAA Girls and Mixed Curling Championship - Thursday
March 2 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Thirty-two teams from all parts of the province are in Tisdale this week to establish a high school championship girls and mixed curling teams. This story includes includes linsk to the schedule, draw, results, participating teams and pictures of the play this afternoon.
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 By the nose and down the garden path - Thursday
March 2 , 2006
by : Marjaleena Repo
Saskatoon : While setting out to re-align Canada with US foreign and defence policy without working those issues out in public the new government has made a big deal out of its first major appointment with a fake hearing for the newly appointed Justice Marshall Rothstein to the Supreme Court.
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 I think this would be considered a snow storm - Thursday
March 2 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Plop, we got almost a foot of snow over night and all day long a little bit extra was added to the piles that covered up driveways, walks and streets. Here are some picture to tell that story.
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 Maybe, just maybe? - Thursday
March 2 , 2006
by : Brad Thomson
Ottawa : Now this is a stretch, Brad Thomson suggests a cute trick is being played with Ralph Klein's " third way " programme for healthcare. Brad forgets that both of these guys are Albertans.
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 Do lunch at Mr. Ribs - Tuesday
March 7 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Regular readers of this site know that the search is on for an excellent place for lunch and after considerable testing and thought the verdict is in. Gus wins.
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 The Greenwater Report- Tuesday
March 7, 2006
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Lots of snow to blow as the park becomes the snowmobiling mecca of the province. A few tails from coffee row and a shiner on the side.
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 - Is it a lie if there's fine print?
- Tuesday
March 7 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Any footlong sandwich $2.99, no that's not the case its just a lie, its advertising and Subway is no longer an eating option for me.
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 Frosty Friday - Wednesday
March 8 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Fog south of Tisdale and around Naicam decorated the trees and the countryside in a way that only water vapour and freezing temperatures can produce.
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 Parkland Photography Club february Meeting
- Wednesday
March 8 , 2006
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Regular readers of this site know that the search is on for an excellent place for lunch and after considerable testing and thought the verdict is in. Gus wins.
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 Swizlestix - Thursday
March 9 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : A new hairstyleing and cosmetics salon has opened in Tisdale with its new owner Jill Carleton, and associates, Lana Amundson and Amanda Reynolds.
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 Foot long for $2.99 ??? - Thursday
March 9 , 2006
by : Jack Rusick
Saskatoon : Concerned about false advertising Mr. Rusick makes a valid point about problems with QuickTime on this web site and there is an Editor's response to the problem.
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 Article "Harper's Eleven" in MACLEAN'S errors- Thursday
March 9 , 2006
by : Michael Watkins
Vancouver : Macleans magazine says that people really are not outraged at the appointment of Vancouver Liberal, David Emerson to the Harper cabinet. But Mr. Watkins does not agree and he has the polling numbers to show how upstep Vancouver voters are.
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 Ethics and 'honour' - Thursday
March 9 , 2006
by : Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls : Macleans magazine says that people really are not outraged at the appointment of Vancouver Liberal, David Emerson to the Harper cabinet. But Mr. Watkins does not agree and he has the polling numbers to show how upstep Vancouver voters are.
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 Gifts and Gadgets opens in the Tisdale Mall
- Thursday
March 16, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Rick Sawatzky has renamed the former Dollar Store, Gifts and Gadgets and opened for business Monday. This is a welcomed addition to the Tisdale Mall and brings with it a Lottery Kiosk to serve mall shoppers once more.
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 Canadian Wheat Board or Cargill?
- Thursday
March 16, 2006
by : Joyce Neufeld
Waldeck: Harper’s government is moving rapidly to destroy the Canadian Wheat Board and prairie farmers most of whom voted for the Conservatives are extremely divided over this issue.
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 To much snow
- Thursday
March 16, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Many people are wisely clearing the build up of ice and snow from their buildings but some have already exceeded their tolerance.
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 Canada in Afghanistan
- Thursday
March 16, 2006
by : Joe Heuglin
Niagara Fallsi: The discussion about what Canada is doing in Afghanistan is hardly over but has really only begun as Mr. Hueglin points out the confounding circumstances under which this expedition is being conducted.
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 St. Patrick's blow
- Friday
March 17, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: This is the storm season for Saskatchewan and today it was just a normal stormy day. Fortunately the temperature was not really down there to make it a true killer storm.
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 laRonge winter festival
- Tuesday
March 21, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
laRonge: As the days stretch out winter is behind us for another year and in laRonge this weekend it was time celebrate the winter with contests and fun.
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 The Greenwater Report- Tuesday
March 21, 2006
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Gerald and Doreen have been off to Reno and this week's reports shares the trip with us.
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 Jordan Spreader
- Thursday
March 23, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: When comes to snow removal on the railway we think of snowplows and snow blowers but the standard tool for the job is a Jordan spreader
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 Springing
- Thursday
March 23, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Cabin Fever is a real thing and so is the feeling that come with these longer and longer days as the snow soaks up the energy and the puddles begin to form.
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 Google earth
- Friday
March 24, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: A remarkable technology that let's look around planet earth with remarkable ease.
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 The Greenwater Report- Sunday
March 26, 2006
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Gerald fills us in on the snow cover in the province and the problems ice fishing is experiencing. But mostly this report is about snow.
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 Part-time scam
- Tuesday
March 28, 2006
by : Henry Neufeld
Waldeck : Brad Wall and the Saskatchewan party oppose legislation that limits the number of part time employees hired by large corporations.
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 What precisely is the "vision of open federalism?" - Tuesday
March 28, 2006
by : Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls : Harper's Conservative government have dispensed with the Canadian Unity Council as his Quebec lieutenant put it ""In our vision of open federalism, the role of the council had no place."
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 Rambler Rodeo and Trade show on this weekend
- Wednesday
March 29, 2006
by : Henry Neufeld
Waldeck : Its all out preparation time for the Rambler guys as they get the arena ready for this year's big event and the ice is still in there under the newly poured surface.
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 Parkland Photography club report - Wednesday
March 29, 2006
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Gerald fills us in on the snow cover in the province and the problems ice fishing is experiencing. But mostly this report is about snow.
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 "We look before and after and pine for what is not"
- Thursday
March 30, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : An essay with contemporary images discussing our need for challenge and contentment. This essay includes the whole of Shelley's "To a Skylark" including a QuickTime audio rendition of the poem.
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 Council for Canadian Unity 'not going to roll over and die'
- Thursday
March 30, 2006
by : Jared Milne
St. Albert, Alberta : Mr. Milne considers the Harper government decision to end funding of the Council a big mistake and hardly in keeping with the campaign promises of the Conservative Party.
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 Barrel Racing - Friday
March 31, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : The Rambler Rodeo and trade show launched this afternoon and the first big event, the barrel racing gets under way at 5:00. Here is an interview with Ryna Allen from Turtleford, here to perform in this the first event of the 2006 season.
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