The Week of January 16 to 22, 2005

January - 16 - 17 - 19 - 20 - 21

Van quest

Sunday
January 16, 2005
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : There is sort of mystery to the function and operation of mechenical devices and since the play such a vital and seemingly important role in the lives of us all just getting along from one day to another can be a test, a kind of quest for each and every owner.

Change not decline

Monday
January 17, 2005
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Zellers closed in Tisdale last September and its huge story in Swift Current closes in February, they actually will be knocking down the building on the east end of the Swift Current Mall. Retail in North America is having problems, K-Mart, Zellers, Target, Hudson's Bay, all are closing outlets trying to find a way to stay in business and SAAN was purchased by a hack and chop outfit that buys up businesses and then reduces them to their parts to recover its investment. This is not a retail decline it is a retail change. (warning: this is not a brief article)

The Greenwater Report

Monday
January 17, 2005
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Gerald has gone and bought some snow tires, is rejoicing in the so to re-open Cove and the cold is crimpling his walks in the snow.

Unimog

Wednesday
January 19, 2005
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : When it comes to off road trucks the leadership in that field is not made in North America. The best and most successful is built by Benz and is called the Unimog.

Our day will come

Thursday
January 20, 2005
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : This photo essay shows the ghastly beauty of winter and reflects on the ever present optomism that often blinds us to appreciating things just as they are. This story includes KD Lang's version of this outstanding classic song. (QuickTime required)

They Hypothetical Economist Lawrence Summers

Thursday
January 20, 2005
by : Mario deSantis
Prince Albert : If there was ever a need for proof that the country to the south of us is sinking into the past, the head of one of their most elevated universities demonstrated an attitude toward woman that is insulting to half the people on this planet.

Marriage

Friday
January 21, 2005
by : Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls Ontario : This is a story that simply won't go away as the PM is asked about it in India by their prime minister and today Mr. Martin showed his contempt for the Opposition leader when he spoke at a press conference in China and said that he and his government stand on the Charter and minority rights and would go to an election if need be on that issue.

Education and the church

Friday
January 21, 2005
by : Edwin Wallace
Success : Public education was developed not to better the intellect of students but to support a democratic form of government. Democracy is meaningless if the voter is not able to be informed and able to reason so schools came into being. The Jesuits had this figured out centuries before and the battle for the minds of children continues. Edwin wants assimilation.

Time to pull the curtain

Friday
January 21, 2005
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : The Supreme Court of Canada once it listened to the tobacco companies' arguments on hiding tobacco products from view in Saskatchewan stores ruled in favour of the Saskatchewan Government overturning a lower court's decision to overturn the Saskatchewan cover up regulations.

Change

Friday
January 21, 2005
by : Kevin McIntyre
Carrot River : After thinking about the story on "change not decline" Kevin had some important things to contribute both from his persective and from the way rural Saskatchewan is just a former place.