The Week of December 17 to 23, 2006

Winter scenes from Northern Saskatchewan

 

Monday
December 18, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Images by : Judy Shire
LaRonge : A set of images taken this weekend that show the world as it appears at this time of the year in the Boreal forest of Northern Canada.

Robertson Trading Company - revisited

 

Tuesday
December 19, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
LaRonge : A remarkable trading post where furs are sold and goods received in trade or a place where you can purchase just about anything you might need while living in northern Saskatchewan. Our story features some the outstanding art available.

 

Greenwater Report

 

Tuesday
December 19, 2006
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Looks like there is peace at the park as everyone is sorting out their Christmas and New Year plans. The Cove has a new manager and the Greenwater report will take a break over the holidays.

Red Chamber rehab

 

Tuesday
December 19, 2006
by : Robert Ede
Richmond Hill, Ontario : For most Canadians those chapters in Canadian studies they took in grade twelve were just a lot of mumbo jumbo and sadly most people paid little attention to the actual nature of Canada's constitution and the way it has dynamically evolved. Mr. Ede takes a shot at helping us to put our awareness back on track.

Senate will cease to be a revising chamber

 

Tuesday
December 19, 2006
by : Brian Marlatt
White Rock B.C. : From the west coast we have a similar complaint that the Harper government is ignorant of the basic concepts of the Canadian form of government and their attempts to make improvements are a real danger to the stability and sovereignty of the country.

A different meaning

 

Tuesday
December 19, 2006
by : Edwin Wallace
Success : Going ahead with a barley vote the minister of Agriculture has called a "woe" to action on wheat at the Canadian Wheat Board. Mr. Wallace suspects that the Harper bunch have spotted some reasons to slow things down.

Thomas Saf-T-Liner

 

Wednesday
December 20, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : The convention truck based school bus is evolving and we have the newest version of Thomas' product operating here in town with its one piece windshield.

Cody Straker joins the Trojans

 

Wednesday
December 20, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : A seventeen year old native of Wishart is the newest Trojan. He plays defense and has a reputation as a bit of a fighter.

RECPlex fitted with defibrillator

 

Wednesday
December 20, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Let us hope you don't get a charge out of this. This morning a defibrillator was installed in the RECPlex, this story tells about the device.

Wise politics to obtain a coveted majority?

 

Thursday
December 21, 2006
by : Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls : Farmers elected four out of five directors to support single desk marketing at the Canadian Wheat Board but the minister of agriculturre went ahead and firred the CEO. So much for respecting the majority.