The Week of June 16 to 22, 2002

 
Swift Current Motor Madness Weekend
Sunday
June 16, 2002
Across Saskatchewan several communities celebrate the coming of warm weather with automotive festivities. We take you to a car show at Swift Current's Wheatland mall.
We are all Thankful
Tuesday
June 18, 2002
Showers swept the province yesterday and more expected today, Heavy sign and a thanks.
The Greenwater Report For June 18, 2002
Tuesday
June 18, 2002
Gerald Crawford has his fishing license and a box of new lures as he is considering the possibility of catching a pickerel or two.
Distinguish the National Interest From Self-Interest
Tuesday
June 18, 2002
University of Toronto student Noel Semple is concerned that the federal government will carelessly shore up its sagging popularity with the spending of tax money to garner strategic support.
Get Ready for green peas and alfalfa sprouts taxation
Tuesday
June 18, 2002
Walter Robinson points out the annoying trend where government find new ways of extracting taxes for some worthy reason then do not use the money for that reason.
Shaming seems the only way
Tuesday
June 18, 2002
Mark Alan Whittle of Hamilton feels that we must address our concerns to our members of parliament and invoke the shame of broken trust to exert pressure for things to improve.
Paul Martin
Tuesday
June 18, 2002
Hyped by the press as some financial messiah Rudy Fernandes points out the short comings of the former finance minister.
The Right To Be Disgusted
Tuesday
June 18, 2002
Ron Thornton places before us the legitimate right for an individual to feel upset with things that are incompatible with the way they feel about things.
Connecting the Enronized Dots: Bush's business with the Saudis and the 9-11 attacks
Tuesday
June 18, 2002
The evidence and circumstances are mounting and it becomes more and more difficult to accept or appreciate the positions of the American government based on their conduct that caused the situation in which they now find themselves.
House Number Five
Wednesday
June 19, 2002
A vacant corner lot surrounded in tall evergreen trees has a new basement dug and today contractors are starting footing for a new house.
Construction Updates - June 19, 2002
Wednesday
June 19, 2002
This is a linking page to five short picture stories on various home and commercial projects in Tisdale.
Healthy Redundancy versus Insecure Streamlining: EU's Single Sky & Bush's Homeland Security
Wednesday
June 19, 2002
Logial consideration discovers that the Free Market automatically loads up the rich and impoverishes the average. Mario deSantis leads us to wonder what this means in terms of air traffic controls strike in Europe and the US home land security business.
What will local editorial boards do?
Thursday
June 20, 2002
John Sheltus from Bedford Quebec is puzzled at the conduct of CanWest Global and wonders just what are the natural consequences to the firing of Russell Mills of the Ottawa Citizen.
New finance minister plays same old federal numbers game
Thursday
June 20, 2002
Walter Robinson of the Canadian Taxpayers Federations points out what the new finance minister didn't say in his pronouncements yesterday.
We Need Freedom of the Press and Howe
Thursday
June 20, 2002
The principles of freedom of the press are firmly established in the traditions and law of Canada. Ron Thornton reminds of these roots.
Street to Elementary School Washes Out
Friday
June 21, 2002
A small hole appeared in the pavement in the middle of the street signally a serious problem.
Figures don't lie, but ...
Friday
June 21, 2002
Joe Hueglin points out that perhaps Canada's wage earners and their employers who pay Employment Insurance "premiums" have paid for the "so-called" $40 billion budget surplus since 1995.
Dehydration Underway
Saturday
June 22, 2002
Cold dry weather has serious delayed the start of this year's processing but mid afternoon things began to cook.