The Week of May 16 to 22, 2004

 

May - 17 - 18 - 19 - 21


The Greenwater Report
Monday
May 17, 2004
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Birds, birds and more birds as the feather ones of summer are happily visiting Gerald and Doreen while it stills seem a bit cold.
Reform to betray Harper's "no hard feelings"
Monday
May 17, 2004
by : Rob Shanahan
Hamilton, Ontario : The inner core of Stephen Harper's Conservative party is the party's ultimate downfall. Harper's advisors, his co-conspirator, Peter McKay and the old time reformers are what they are and it isn't pretty.
Peter MacKay met by angry protesters in Mississauga
Monday
May 17, 2004
by:
Bernd Mueller
Toronto : Canada's federal elections are won and lost in southern Ontario. This first hand account of a nomination meeting in Mississauga tells us that things do not look rosy for the conservative party.
An Accident of nature
Monday
May 17, 2004
by : Helen Carson
Crooked River : If it looks like a finch and has a bill like a finch maybe it's a finch but how come it colourless? A remarkable sighting Helen Carson shares with you.
Building a back yard
Tuesday
May 18, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : One of the new houses built last summer on Forester Crescent is getting its back yard.
Skies, snow and more skies
Tuesday
May 18, 2004
by : Judy and Timothy Shire
LaRonge : This is a set of fourteen pictures that tell a story of their own as they were taken over the last ten days, a time when things have been changing rapidly.
Summer wheels
Tuesday
May 18, 2004
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : My heart lifts up when I behold a topless car. Today's outstanding weather conditions put a smile on the people in Tisdale but just looking at this beautiful car with its top down made me grin.
Ball season struggles in the cold
Wednesday
May 19, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Little league, girls softball and more are in full swing despite the low temperatures. This story shows some pictures of a game between a Tisdale team and the Weekes/Somme girls.
Air Canada: Waiting at the brink
Wednesday
May 19, 2004
by : David Orchard
Borden : It appears at times the we forget our historical successes and wander off into oblivious following trendy ideological theories. Canada was built by public and private cooperation, Canadian Pacific, Canadian National, Trans Canada Airlines each filled a need in a very big country. The country is just as big now as it ever was and the need to pull it together greater than ever.
Those not forgotten
Friday
May 21, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : To mark the seventh anniversary of this web site ((yesterday) I am presenting a list. Not of the accomplishments of the past seven years, but a list of individuals who have in one way or another, shaped the times in which we live and the times to come.