Chronological Index of Ensign Articles for January of 2008
A good reason not to live in the Maritimes Thursday January 3, 2008 by: Timothy W. Shire Tisdale: Unusually moderate weather has swept in with the new year as we almost moved above freezing in Tisdale today.	January 2008 Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Leadership-prinzip replacing democracy in Canadian politics Saturday January 5, 2008 by: Joe Hueglin Niagara Falls: It is becomming the norm for party leaders to omit the selection of candidates by their ridings and appoint candidates themselves. This is not good for democracy.
Greek Orthodox Christmas Day Monday January 7, 2008 by: Timothy W. Shire Tisdale: School resumes today, the temperature is above average and we are all settled into the new year although it is still a chore to think of this as 2008. Liberals blunder in Missinippi riding Tuesday January 8, 2008 by: Timothy W. Shire Tisdale: Joan Beatty is a natural for the massive northern riding that is about half the land mass of Saskatchewan but she is a sitting NDP member of the legislature and the Liberal riding association is holding an emergency meeting Saturday to plan their own nominating convention for the riding. So much of Dion's leadership. Trojans top in the league Wednesday January 9, 2008 by: Timothy W. Shire Tisdale: One tie and seven loses this season is a huge turn around from the team's performance last season as the team won their sixth straight game in a row last night in a two to one win over the Saskatoon Contacts. House 18 in place Thursday January 10, 2008 by: Timothy W. Shire Tisdale: With winter the pace of construction has only slowed slightly as work continues on the closed in houses and in this case an new RTM has moved onto its basement and foundation. Grain blocks rolling Friday January 11, 2008 by: Timothy W. Shire Tisdale: There is a lot of valuable grain in Saskatchewan's terminals and its time to move some of it to market even with continued expected good prices all is not sweetness and light in the marketplace.
The Green Monster Monday January 14, 2008 by: Edwin Wallace Success: Edwin and Daren Wallace have cooked up yet another energy efficiency device in the farm shop. This machine converts paper products, household waste and wood chips into a useable fuel for their shop built furnace. The Greenwater report (today) Monday January 14, 2008 by: Gerald Crawford Saskatoon: This is one with two great fish stories as the heat from coffee row fills the report and will give us all a chuckle. Saskatchewan labour laws one sided Monday January 14, 2008 by: Henry Neufeld Waldeck: The Saskatchewan Government has introduced legislation to make unionisation of a business extremely difficult stacking the deck solidly to favour anti-union corporations who are applauding the legislation. The Greenwater report (last week's) Monday January 14, 2008 by: Gerald Crawford Saskatoon: Time to catch up on the Crawfords as they celebrated Christmas and New Years in Saskatoon and this report brings the sad tidings of friends departed. First major storm of the year Tuesday January 15, 2008 by: Timothy W. Shire Tisdale: Though today's storm was expected to track to the south of us it is mid January and it is typical of this time for storms like this to pay a visit. White out conditions with snow and blowing snow. Fortunately the temperature is in the teens and the storm is expected to move through the area quite quickly. Wind country Wednesday January 16, 2008 by: Timothy W. Shire Tisdale: After a storm the huge network of rural roads that service farms and their families have to be cleared and maintained. That job goes to the Royal Municipalities and their dedicated grader operators who work against the wind. Truth challenged Minister Wednesday January 16, 2008 by: Eugene Parks Victoria B.C.: I am not certain that we will all sleep better tonight knowing that federal Natural Resources minister Gary Lund is now personally taking charge of nuclear safety in Canada after firing Linda Keen the official who's job it was to protect Canadians from nuclear disasters. Shawn Cowie, December player of the month Wednesday January 16, 2008 by: Timothy W. Shire Tisdale: Trojans lost three to two last night as the young Regina native, Shawn Cowie was named player of the month for December. January cold snap Friday January 18, 2008 by: Timothy W. Shire Tisdale: It has been a mild winter so far this season so the -30º this morning with its stiff north wind felt appallingly cold. But the facts of the matter are clear each day we get just a bit more sunlight as we head toward late winter and in a short while spring once more.
The Greenwater report Monday January 21, 2008 by: Gerald Crawford Saskatoon: Gerald is not happy with Environment Canada's love affair with wind chill numbers and he was less than enthusiastic about a recent visit to the Mendel Art Gallery. To make matters worse he is packing for a bus tour of the US and that always puts him in a bad mood.
The Greenwater report Monday January 28, 2008 by: Gerald Crawford Salt Lake City Utah: Gerald and Doreen are on a bus tour that will take them to California, they did see a storm but the man describes the weather as balmy.
Parkland Photography Club report for January Tuesday January 29, 2008 by: Darlene McCullough Tisdale: Some outstanding cloud pictures came from this month's meeting as the club checked out images from an Emma Lake workshop and projects by club members.
Changes in Tisdale Thursday January 31, 2008 by: Timothy W. Shire Tisdale: Businesses evolve, some move and some close up. Today we take a brief look at some of the changes that have been coming for a while and now are part of the business scene in our community.