The Week of September 8 to 14, 2002

 
"Its Not The End of the World"
Sunday
September 8, 2002
Tisdale Trojan coach Darrell Mann tells half the players at the try-outs after their final session Sunday morning as the final two teams have been picked for the game at 2:00.
Alberta Alliance Party
Sunday
September 8, 2002
The Canadian Alliance like the Reform party before it has concentrated on being a national party but now movements are forming in several provinces to develop provincial organisations and Ron Thornton was there as Alberta Alliance struggles to its feet.
Means of testing impairment lacking
Sunday
September 8, 2002
As discussion eminate from the Senate recommendation to decriminalise the use of marijuana there have been a lot of arguments for and against the proposal but this problem posed by Jack Davies of Tilsonburg Ontario makes you think. The drug will linger in a person's blood stream for twenty-two days so how do you test for impairment from its affects.
The Carlyle Group and Canada: A War Economy at the Expense of Common People
Sunday
September 8, 2002
Mario deSantis takes us the next step of the war monger's profittering group to show us the Canadian executives.
The Greenwater Report
Monday
September 9, 2002
Few campers disturb Gerald Crawford and his berry picking as temperatures fall and we all seem to be anticipating fall.
Joint Committee of the House of Commons and the Senate
Monday
September 9, 2002
A lifetime working in parliament shows as former Prime Minister Joe Clark suggests to the government a means to deal with its committment to sign the Kyoto protocol and work out both what it will mean and what part each level of government can play in shaping a solution everyone can live with.
The West Has Its Own Political Traditions
Monday
September 9, 2002
Canada's journalists and political scientist for most of the country are confounded at the preculiar nature of Western Canadian political thought. You can move to the front of the class and well ahead of most reporters by understanding Ron Thornton's explanation of a very different political and social context of the people who live West of Winnipeg.
Today at the market
Tuesday
September 10, 2002
The pumpkins and melons are starting to show up and today a $2.00 bison smoky.
Start at the bottom and work up
Tuesday
September 10, 2002
This is our update from a week ago on the construction of a new A&W in Tisdale as the pad has been pored and work proceeds today on the removal of the surface material in preparation for gravel and later pavement.
PUBLIC MONEY USED FOR PARTISAN PURPOSES NOT PUBLIC FOOD
Tuesday
September 10, 2002
Canadians all share a sense of deep pride in our honourable and determined Armed Forces but we are embarassed and ashamed of the way successive governments have reduced their capability and value by failing to provide them with the equipment and support they need to do the job for us. Mr. Reilly expresses his disgust for the way Paul Martin has been responsible for much of the forces neglect.
The saga of health reform in Saskatchewan: The Health Regions replace the Health Districts
Tuesday
September 10, 2002
The mystery of why our Medicare system is failing becomes abundantly clear when you realise that it is being run by folks in offices far away from hospitals and operating rooms. Corporate structure in its most bureaucratic form has been just jumped up one more step and Mario deSantis helps us focus on the confusion created by districts, regions and the bungling of SAHO.
Personal Television Network
Tuesday
September 10, 2002
Here is a simple television monitor system that lets you look remote ly at a room, yard, pool, whatever.
Work begins on clearing and preparing lot for house number Eight
Wednesday
September 11, 2002
Directly across from St. Theresa Park the top soil is being stripped away in preparation for digging the basement for Tisdale's Mayor's new house.
Whose pollution will Canadians be paying to clean up?
Wednesday
September 11, 2002
We all share the same atmosphere all around this globe. Phyllis H. Hubeli points out the hopelessness of attempting to make a difference unilaterially.
Figures don't lie. . . but. . .
Wednesday
September 11, 2002
Don't say we didn't warn you. The way a politician or party conducts itself is how it will act if it ever comes to power. Paul Pelletier and Jason Inness both spotted the slippery accounting switch that the Canadian Alliance just pulled and it doesn't look good.
What a year for flowers!
Thursday
September 12, 2002
While the year 2002 will go down as a puzzle for farmers for gardeners the remarkable development of flowers this year is a sight to behold. This page includes a 90º QuickTime VR.
Fall of 2002 begins
Friday
September 13, 2002
With a shower early this morning and another on the way the leaves are turning and swirls of fallen one twist in the morning wind.
Walls, walls, walls
Friday
September 13, 2002
Rise Construction has begun assembling the actual restaurant structure of the new Tisdale A&W.
"Give the man a bone"
Friday
September 13, 2002
This week Paul Martin released figures about the money coming into his campaign but the figures are just a fraction of what is being spent. Joe Hueglin is not impressed.
Terry Fox Run - Tisdale Elementary School
Friday
September 13, 2002
Inspired by the young man who attempted to run across Canada on his one leg the students of the Elementary School were out this afternoon doing their part to remember his efforts and help in the cause.
The Prime Minister was not misquoted
Friday
September 13, 2002
Walter Robinson of the Canadian Tax Payer's Federation is rather direct in his condemnation of the Prime Minister's remarks made in July but shown on CBC on Wednesday evening.
Blueberries
Saturday
September 14, 2002
Judy Shire goes blueberry picking near La Ronge and takes you along to see what it is like.
Flower gardens
Saturday
September 14, 2002
What indeed is a garden for, beauty or the practical provision of vegetables for the table? The answer, both!