The Week of March 15 to 21, 2009

The Greenwater report

Tuesday
March 17, 2009
by: Gerald Crawford
Saskatoon: The Crawfords are showing patience with the winter that drags on and on as they take in a visit to the casino, catch a glimpse of an eagle, visit the Field House regularily and have an allergic reaction to newspaper ink. The Crawfords celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary this past week.

 

Conservative innovation hits poorer municipalities hardest

Tuesday
March 17, 2009
by: Nancy Clarke
Grand Bank, Newfoundland Labrador: The Federal Budget though touted as a stimulous budget had within it a score of other legislation. With enormous pressure to pass the budget quickly the opposition did not do their work and the government moved its neo-conservative agenda well forward. This story points out a glaring example.

 

The demise of the telephone

Wednesday
March 18, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: What a shame, Alexander Graham Bell had a great idea and it has worked for us well for over a century but alas the era of the telephone is over. Spam advertising, wrong numbers, voice mail and computerised answering systems make the thing all but completely useless.

 

All day quilting session

Thursday
March 19, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Today the quilting group began their session at ten this morning and worked all day on quilt after quilt as they get their annual crop of project wrapped up for yet another year.

 

Regulations and the free market philosophy

Thursday
March 19, 2009
by: Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls, Ontario: It is truly confounding to face the fact that the present government of Canada has such enormous difficulty doing its job, a job quite simply is to govern the country. Ther problem seems unavoidable as they lose sight of their job in order to forge ahead with their hatched in Alberta concepts of what government should be.

 

Seniors and the telephone

Thursday
March 19, 2009
by: Ken Styan
Tisdale: Though the computer has become so common place in many homes there are far more households without computer access than those with the machine embedded in the fabric of day to day life. Therefore, the telephone is most likely here to stay.

 

Crown Cabinet & Countertop

Friday
March 20, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: An outstanding new business has come to Tisdale offering custom made cabinets and countertops. If you are building or renovating you definitely will want to drop in and check this operation out.