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The Week of June 3 to 9, 2007

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Hood's Hardware building collapses
Sunday
June 3, 2007
by: Ken Styan
Tisdale:
A landmark in downtown Tisdale began to collapse on itself and the front portion of the building had to pushed in for safety reasons.
Catching lunch
Sunday
June 3, 2007
by: Bernice K. Fugate
Florida Keys :
A remarkable image of an immature bald eagle. Lots of people call these birds "fish hawks" because they will always be found near water as they depend on fish for their diet.
The Greenwater report
Monday
June 4, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park :
Time for a tall tale or two about lost cell phones and grandfather's watch. Great weather at the park and the Crawfords see the end of the building that was a big part of the lives for decades.
Attack ads in perspective
Monday
June 4, 2007
by: Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls :
With the concerns of Canadians clearly on other things it is odd the latest round of Tory attack ads deal with reform to the Senate. This article explains what is going on.
KidSport hot dog day
Tuesday
June 5, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
Hot dogs at the town square as ScotiaBank pitches in to raise money for the outstanding KidSport programme.
Up and on its way
Tuesday
June 5, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
This year's crop is definitely growing now that we have some warmer temperatures and farmers are rushing to get their herbicides applied before the weeds take over.
Misplaced priorities
Tuesday
June 5, 2007
by: Eugene Parks
Victoria B.C. :
The Prime Minister believes we have no hope with global warming but is convinced we can make a difference in wartorn Afghanistan. It is interesting what a person chooses to consider reality.
ENSASK Biofuels
Tuesday
June 5, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
The company signs are now in place and there was work on the site today as a portiion of the dehydration plant is being dismantled.
Flower beds being planted
Tuesday
June 5, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
Its part of that change from spring toward summer as the flower beds in Cenotaph park get their flowers each year.
North American Union will be the triumph of Manifest Destiny by stealth and end of Canada as a nation
Wednesday
June 6, 2007
by: Mahmood Elahi
Ottawa:
Many suggest that we need a north american union like that in Europe. Mr. Elahi points out that things here are not balanced enough for such a economic and political union.
Collective amnesia
Thursday
June 7, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
History is not just dates and facts you will never need to know in the real world, it is awareness of what has happened with some insight into why things happen and a means of measuring the present.
Bill S-4
Friday
June 8, 2007
by: Brian Marlatt
White Rock B.C. :
The government's intent to alter the nature and selection of Senators is extremely troubling as it threatens some of basic concepts of what Canadian democracy is all about and leans very heavily upon the Republican form of government seen in the United States.