Chronological Index of Ensign Articles for
May of 2009
Seeding begins
Friday
May 1, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Environment Canada is predicting near seasonal temperatures by Sunday and that makes it time to put the seed in the ground. Close to town there were tractors in the field and applying fertilizer as well as harrowing already seaded fields.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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House number five
Friday
May 1, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Both house four and five were begun the same day and have moved along at the same pace. This story gives you the chronology of the construction project so far from the digging of the basement to getting the garage up today.
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Construction city
Tuesday
May 5, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Two new basements were begun  on Monday making it four new houses for this year around the new cul-de-sac, Forester and Newmarket. SaskPower working in the same area putting in underground electrical service and contractors going flat out.
This year's cool crocuses
Wednesday
May 6, 2009
Images by: Ken Jones
Que Appelle Valley: Each year Regina photographer Ken Jones makes a trip out to the Que Appelle Valley the last week of April to find the first little wild flowers of the year, the crocus.
Continental commodity hauler
Thursday
May 7, 2009
Iby: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Both CN and CP had trains rolling through Tisdale this morning. The CP train was more than a mile long mix of loaded grain block and a good number of hemical cars. The four units had a tough time getting little more than 30kph.
Repairing new waterline
Thursday
May 7, 2009
Iby: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: In front of a newly dug basement on the new cul-de-sac where the new water and sewer lines were installed only months ago, the town dug up the brand new fire hydrant and began making repairs to a line that has never been used.
 
Water and sewer service for new duplex
Monday
May 11, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: To install water and sewer service into a duplex requires twice the digging for a single family dwelling.  The town began the process of installing those services in the new duplex on 95th Street today but were unable to complete the project by the end of the working day.
Projects on the go
Monday
May 11, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: While construction workers work on the four new houses building their basements and structure there are a number of project being carried out in the community. This story gives you a bit of a review of those projects.
The positive results of H1N1 Influenza A
Wednesday
May 13, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Though the new media response to the latest flu making its rounds has bordered on hysteria the public health officials across the country have had an opportunity to put into affect the things they learned in the Toronto SARs outbreak. We are all going to benefit from this as public awareness about how airborne infections are spread making our world a safer one.
Delawnification
Wednesday
May 13, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: More and more home owners are saying goodbye to grass, mowers, fertilizer and watering as they look for alternatives to surround their homes. This story has a number of pictures of yards were all or some of the grass has been replaced with rock or crushed rock.
Seeding grinds to a halt
Thursday
May 14, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: South of Tisdale the fields seemed littered with tractors parked and hitched to seeding equipment. The slate sky, the threat of more rain or snow, freezing temperatures all seem to have put a damper on this years planting.
Flower therapy
Friday
May 15, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Come along and visit the Four Seasons Greenhouse and enjoy this collection of pictures that take us to sporing even though there was snow on the ground this morning.
Grad car tradition continues
Friday
May 15, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: The tradition of decorating and sometimes customising a car just to celebrate high school graduation seems alive and well in Tisdale in 2009.
The Qu'Appelle Valley
Tuesday
May 19, 2009
by: Ken Styan
Qu'Appelle: It is a myth that Saskatchewan is some endless plain stretching from Brandon to Calgary. The reality is that there are some remarkable places in the province filled with history and truly spectacular scenery. Ken Styan shows us one of these places.
 
The Greenwater report
Tuesday
May 19, 2009
by: Gerald Crawford
Carstairs, Alberta: Due to a computer glitch Gerald was unable to get us his repoort last week but we make up for this week with a report today and another tomorrow. This report written on May 10th tells us about the trip to Alberta and a visit to a car show in Didsbury.
 
Celebrating Victoria Day in Yellowknife
Tuesday
May 19, 2009
by: Kevin Bradshaw
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories: Here is a glimpse of the fun and advensture of living in Northern Canada. As part of the Special Olympics fund raising a bunch of cool folks jumped off the ice in to the frozen lake as part of the Victoria Day weekend activities. Ensign is glad to have this story from Kevin whom the editor has known for more than 40 years.
 
Ensign posts for the eleventh May 20th
Wednesday
May 20, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: In the history of the Internet ten years is almost something of a century and to post for eleven years is just way out there on the edge of things. But May 20th, 1998 was the first posting of this web site.
 
The Greenwater report
Wednesday
May 20, 2009
by: Gerald Crawford
Craik: The Crawfords were able to get the motorhome out on the road for their first over nighter of the year at Craik. In this edition Gerald fills us in on the pictures we saw in yesterday's report of the 52 pickup and a Model T.
 
Inexplicable forces
Thursday
May 21, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: In science and mathematics things have causes and forces, even weak ones, account for what seems to be happening. But with humans things get a bit more complicated.
 

Its coming up

Monday
May 25, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Recession or no recession Saskatchewan is about the annual crop that gets planted and how it progresses until it is harvested. This year's crop is mostly planted and right in the Tisdale immediate area the crop is emerging from the grown to begin its preductive life.

 
 
The Greenwater report
Monday
May 25, 2009
by:Gerald Crawford
Saskatoon: All four seasons in one week have put all Saskatchewan people to the test but Gerald has discovered some exotic yellow flowers and even weeds growing in some Saskatoon lawns. The Crawfords have a new patio and a fuse problem resolved problems with the motor home. But life stands still for garage sales.
 
 

Its coming up

Monday
May 25, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Recession or no recession Saskatchewan is about the annual crop that gets planted and how it progresses until it is harvested. This year's crop is mostly planted and right in the Tisdale immediate area the crop is emerging from the grown to begin its preductive life.

 
 
Turbulent Times
Tuesday
May 26, 2009
by:Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Did you know the Prime Minister of Canada is an economist by profession? The former President of the United States was the first person to hold that position and have a masters degree in business administration. It is important to point out that under theeir leadership the world has slipped into the worst recession since the 1930s.
 
 
Parkland Photography Club May meeting
Wednesday
May 27, 2009
by: Darlene McCullough
Tisdale: This month's theme shoot was birds and this report has three astonishing images to savour. The meeting saw the re-election of officers a discussion on future presentations and the clubs participation on several community projects. The club's new web site is now up and running.
 
 
Playing blind man's bluff costly
Wednesday
May 27, 2009
by: Eugene Parks
Victoria British Columbia: Canadians remember the outrageous spending during the Mulroney years and the austere time that had to follow to get the government's finances in order. Now after telling that things are fine to get elected the economist Prime Minister heads up a government with an expected budget deficit of more than $50 billion.
 
 
House #8
Thursday
May 28, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: We are actually up to eleven housing project currently underway in Tisdale but we wait until the walls start to go up before we do the story on the new project. House it is the second housing start on the new cul-de-sac, it started a few days after what will be house #7 but is the first of the two to have some walls standing.