The Week of May 14 to 20, 2006

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The Greenwater report
Monday
May 15 , 2006
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park :
With the beach cafe open Gerald is definitely in heaven, spring is here and his pictures of the park are outstanding.
 
Tisdale begins work on new water treatment plant
Tuesday
May 16 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale :
This better be good, with water costs to home owners going up exponentially (close to 300%) and pressure being a major dribble most of the time, Tisdale's water system is a serious irritant with home owners. On Monday, a huge undertaking began as the construction of a new treatment plant got underway. This story includes a video clip of the construction project.
New movies this long weekend
Tuesday
May 16 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale :
Just like the big cities Tisdale and Melfort have motion pictures coming out on their release date of this Friday.
Not 300% but 31% increase
Wednesday
May 17 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale :
There we go an error of major proportions. Yesterday I said the increase in water rates in Tisdale was a whooping 300% and I was dead wrong. Mayor Rollie Zimmer sets the record straight in a video interview about the new $4,600,000 water treatment project.
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Tisdale pool opens Friday
Wednesday
May 17 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale :
Everything is in place and ready to go for another season as the staff are already at working and ready to get the activities at the pool started this Friday.
Tisdale is ready for this year's visitors
Wednesday
May 17 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale :
The staff is in place and the regional park campground looks better then ever as we officially begin the tourist season this coming long weekend.
We are wrong in Afghanistan
Thursday
May 18 , 2006
by : David Orchard
Borden :
Are we furthering democracy and saving ourselves from terrorist attack? Are we helping the people of the country? Are we acting on behalf of the United Nations? We need to know why Canadians are fighting an undeclared war and so far more than one quarter of the casualties have been killed by Americans.