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The Week of June 23 to 29, 2002
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 Prairie Region
of Photographic Arts Outing - Greenwater- Sunday
June 23, 2002
Photographers from the three prairie provinces spent the weekend at Greenwater park
with workshops, practical demonstrations and competitions with the work they have
done. This page includes a 1.8MB Quicktime VR panorama.
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 President Bush is furthering our problems:
devaluation of US dollar, war on terrorism and tax cutting- Sunday
June 23, 2002
The US economy is in trouble as this last quarter showed an amazing trade deficit
and this past week the stock market took a beating. Here is some insight into what
it means.
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 Time To See Winnipeg- Monday
June 24, 2002
At least once a year we trek over the flat land toWinnipeg. West of Yorkton the clouds
were getting set for showers.
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 The Greenwater Report for June 24, 2002- Monday
June 24, 2002
Gerald Crawford fills us in on the Prairie Photography outing and brings us up to
date on rain, loons, and highway construction.
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 The Once and Changing Prairie City- Tuesday
June 25, 2002
We made a quick tour of the city this morning to show and tell you what it looks
like, the way this city is changing.
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 Sometimes It's Worth Not Following The Herd- Tuesday
June 25, 2002
Ron Thornton discusses the difficult issue of leadership and when is it time to go
it on your own.
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 Fraudulent SGI and the Sapping, Sacking
and Downsizing of Saskatchewan- Tuesday
June 25, 2002
We are all concerned that things actually appear to be getting worse rather than
better. Mario deSantis considers this problem.
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 Remote Controlled Internal Combustion Engine Vehicle- Wednesday
June 26, 2002
Remote controlled toys have been around for decades but this goes to another level
of technology and capability.
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 Ceding the symbols of democracy: Giving
up the capital- Wednesday
June 26, 2002
Thomas Curran of Ottawa makes his first and remarkable contribution to this site
today with a story about the lengths the Canadian government is going to give in
to the nebulus fear of international terrorism.
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 Trying to understand President Bush's
Imperialism- Wednesday
June 26, 2002
Mario deSantis wants us to think the problem through, the evidence is there for all
to see and this story includes a wealth of links that help to explain the irony of
the American "world boss" attitude.
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 Airport Bike Ride- Wednesday
June 26, 2002
This picture essay takes you over to the South side of Winnipeg's airport.
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 Correcting the
dislocations of unbridled capitalism: stopping the use of assets at the expense of
people and comparing apples with oranges- Wednesday
June 26, 2002
When the icon of prme and proper, good manners and clever house keeping gets caught
fiddling with stock prices we have to give some serious thought as to just what is
going on here? This is not a "good thing."
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 A Hot Winnipeg
Day Ends- Thursday
June 27, 2002
Smoke in the atmosphere gives the red glow to Wednesday's setting sun. This story
has a partial QuickTime VR of this scene (800K).
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 Parkland Photography
Club - June Meeting- Thursday
June 27, 2002
The Parkland Photography club continues to provide support and encouragement to members
and non-members alike as they share each month their prize winning images. This month's
report includes some added images that will every photographer some ideas.
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 Sound Tracks- Thursday
June 27, 2002
FTLComm is in the midst of creating a project and today it was sound recording time.
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 Plastic Trainer- Friday
June 28, 2002
Winnipeg flight training centre using Canadian made composite aircraft to train pilots.
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 Posterior Protesting- Friday
June 28, 2002
Some San Francisco protestors showed all to protest the "GAP" at Calgary
this week. Ron Thornton thought it was an effective measure but decided not to use
this format to voice his indignation over the costs of the G8 summit.
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 Advertising "unlimited" Misleading- Friday
June 28, 2002
When is the word "unlimited" mean quite the opposite? When it is used to
advertise Internet access. Member of Parliament Loyola Hearn explains the unfairness
of Bell and Rogers limiting unlimited.
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 Long Walk Home- Saturday
June 29, 2002
Car trouble on a Friday night and it was time to get home on foot.
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