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December of 2010
Frosty
Thursday
December 2, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Little amounts of snow have been drifting down from the sky each day and on Wednesday night there was fog which of course resulted in the usual coating of frost on the trees and fences. Since the wind was from the south the frost was most noticeable on the south side of the trees. Almost all of the pictures in this group of twenty-eight are shown here in black and white.

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Maritime autumn
Thursday
December 2, 2010
by: Ken Jones
Halifax: Last year on December 1 Ensign posted a remarkable set of pictures from Halifax of autumn. This year's set of pictures is much smaller but the dramatic images are have just as much impact. The photos have been combined into a QuickTime movie and may take a little time to download.
Postmedia newspaper apps for the iPad
Wednesday
December 8, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Saturday the company that has taken over most of Canada's newspapers from CanWest Global, Postmedia made their "apps" available across the country. The popularity of the iPad is a force to be recogned with as more and more of these things are in the hands of people looking for uses for it.
 
Narrowing the income gap in Canada
Thursday
December 9, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Canada's very wealthy are mostly CEOs and business executives each earning millions annually. Canada's poor are growing in numbers rapidly and their incomes shrinking while the middle class remains smaller but stagnant in income growth. This situation is not good for the country and it is not good for it's people, rich or poor.
 
This past week in pictures
Saturday
December 11, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Almost every day there is time for a drive around town or out into the surrounding countryside and of course that means an opportunity to capture the scenes. We have had a lot of cloudy and foggy weather this past week and these pictures show how the snow level is continuing to rise as the cover on the fields and yards is slowly building up. This set of 46 images are some of this week's collection.
 
Trojans charity breakfast
Saturday
December 11, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Tisdale's AAA midget hockey team pitched in to do their part this morning holding a charity breakfast in the RECPlex. Besides the fund raising breakfast they had a 50/50 draw and a quilt raffle. The whole team was on hand participating in the event.
Monday
December 13 2010
by: Gerald Crawford
Saskatoon: Alas Doreen Crawford has reach her eightieth birthday and the Crawfords' family and friends were on hand Sunday to celebrate the occasion. Gerald gives us a run down on who was there and was able to get in a paragraph about the deep snow conditions at Greenwater Lake Provincial Park.
Monday
December 13, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Sunday's presentation by the community men's choir and the Tisdale senior band played to a full house in the RECPlex theatre and as a special bonus Ward Arnold is home for the holidays and did three numbers. This story includes video clips of Ward Arnold and the band.
Wednesday
December 15, 2010
by: Sylvia Jones
Campbell River, British Columbia: Many people from around the world visit this web site each week but among the most faithful visitors are former Tisdale people and their families. It seems to be a good way to see some pictures of their community. Sylvia Jones graduated from TUCS in the late 60s and she and many of her friends are planning a get together in Penticton in October 2011.
Wednesday
December 15, 2010
by: Marilyn Cay
Tisdale: The ordination of a priest is an important event and this past weekend St. Matthew's Anglican church had this important investment take place.

Trip to the Petroglyphs east of Yuma

Tuesday
December 21 2010
by: Michael Townsend
Yuma, Arizona: Scattered around North America there are only a few instances where the first people to inhabit the continent have left behind evidence of themselves and their culture. Drawing and putting symbols on rocks was a good idea because their permanence. Mike takes us out to a site in Arizona where successions of people have left their mark. This photo essay includes forty-six remarkable images.

A Bear-y Merry Holiday

Tuesday
December 21, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
Regina: It is much a part of going to school as homework and spelling bees. The annual Christmas concert is a rite of passage for a child in kindergarten and we are taking you along to a modern version of a concert in Regina.

From our house to yours

Thursday
December 23, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Our family is on the road tonight on their way to join us for Christmas and a few days more. The tree is up, the gifts are wrapped and I am confident that they Christmas pudding cooking right now will be a delight to us all on Saturday. With the family here there will not be much time for working on Ensign so we will get back to you after the week end to consider the prospects for the coming year. Have yourself a Merry Christmas and may this season bless everyone you know.

House sixteen

Thursday
December 23, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: This is the sixteenth housing start in 2010. There is still one more to be considered a 2010 house and one of this year's projects did not take place. An old dwelling was destroyed and the lot prepared for construction to the point that established in my picture collection as house 5 but the project did not proceed.
Monday
December 27 2010
by: Michael Townsend
Yuma, Arizona: Many Canadians go South for the winter just like the birds and some stay in Arizona. Two days before Christmas Mike Townsend captured a bit of the spirit and the environment around a Canadian colony in the desert.
Monday
December 27, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: It takes about a month from the time a lot is prepared until the walls of the new structure are standing. This house located on the corner of Forester and Newmarket was begun November 24 and the walls for the garage were finished off today.
Friday
December 31, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: To sum it up 2011 will test us all with its difficult weather. There will be provincial and perhaps a federal election and once again the Riders will be in the Western final. What more can you ask for in a year that starts us into the second decade of the 21st century. Predictions in past years; 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1999