Saturday, April 14, 2007 Ensign Front Page Volume 10, No. 179

Make life in Saskatchewan even better; Close rural schools?

 

Saturday
April 14, 2007
by: Jaime Message
Ormiston: In an open letter to the Premier of the province this seventeen year old grade twelve student makes his solid case for the continued operation of his community's school.

Seeding time for Russian thistles

 

Friday
April 13, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Swift Current : Canada may be an urban nation, filled with diverse cultures and depending upon immigration for growth but the bottom line remains the same as always, out here we grow things.

The Greenwater report

 

Monday
April 9, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : The melting process is slow at the park as well and dragging spring on a bit. Gerald is getting itchy feet and wants to get that motor home on the road and the deer think Doreen is an easy touch.

CWB e-mail: Civil servant suspended for e-mail

 

Monday
April 9, 2007
by: William Dascavich
Edmonton: Mr. Dascavich praises the work of the Canadian Wheat Board in the light of a recent story in the Edmonton Journal about the extremist right wing views demonstrated by someone working for Alberta's Department of Agriculture.

Follow the education money to the cities

 

Monday
April 9, 2007
by: Linda Anderst
Richmound: Richmound is a remote rural community in Saskatchewan's vast southwest border region and is facing the closure of its school. The parent suggests that the money to operate their school is being moved to pay for urban schools.

Strahl adds option #2 to #3

 

Monday
April 9, 2007
by: Nettie Wiebe
Delisle: Perhaps its a new form of political mathematics as the minister of Agricutlure takes liberties with the numbers obtained in the so-called plebscite on barley handling with the Canadian Wheat Board.

Frozen fields

 

Thursday
April 5, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Watson: The mild cold snap has retarded the spring run off process allowing the creeks and streams to drain and make the water movement out of the fields slow enough to prevent widespread flooding.

Saskatchewan educational funding

 

Tuesday
April 3, 2007
by: David Gleim
Chaplin: The closure of rural community schools is only part of a much larger picture that involves the way education is paid for in Saskatchewan and how the cities get most of their money from the province and the rural areas pay for it themselves.

A Saskatchewan perspective

 

Tuesday
April 3, 2007
by: Kevin McIntyre
Carrot River : Though no completely unsympathetic Kevin voices his views about Mrs. Leippi's story Sunday about the possible closure of their school in Kronau.

The Greenwater report

 

Monday
April 2, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : A trip to Kelvington, some bowling start out this week's report. Gerald marks the passing of a friend Mr. Renneberg and relates some great stories about the man. The report ends with a bit on the Tisdale Rodeo horse pull and the great service at Mr. Ribs.

Conrad Black for Governor General

 

Monday
April 2, 2007
by: Robert Ede
Richmond Hill Ontario : Conrad Black may be a pompous thief but his take on the Quebec provincial election is remarkably accurate and needs a long hard look.

Saar School, Kronau

 

Sunday
April 1, 2007
by: Ina Leippi
Kronau: Big is not better and Saskatchewan's rural people are disturbed by the threats to close fifty school not in urban areas. Mrs. Leippi explains her concerns.

Parkland photoclub report for March

 

Saturday
March 31, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : The strength and enthusiasm of this club continues as eleven members made it out to the March meeting despite some bad weather and were able to hash over some issues about dealing with digital photography the plan for upcoming events. This month's theme was "comfort".

How can Prime Minister defend what he doesn't believe in?

 

Saturday
March 31, 2007
by: Jason Daniel Baker
Toronto: Film critic, writer and political activist Jason Daniel Baker brings to our attention the inherent dangers of the Prime Minister's Alberta separatist sentiments and how his writing might serious encourage the "autonomists" in Quebec.

Rambler trade show 2007

 

Friday
March 30, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: This year we take you to the trade show with a streaming QuickTime video. The video features highlights of interviews with participants in the trade show and is 22 minutes long. In order to view the video you must have a recent version of QuickTime in your computer and it is to large a download for a dial up connection to the Internet.

Why go on and on about the Canadian Wheat Board?

 

Thursday
March 29, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: We have devoted a lot of time effort to discussing the issues related to the Canadian Wheat Board. Those who are not involved in agriculture might wonder, why bother? This is why!

Building a strong and united Canada? Not!

 

Thursday
March 29, 2007
by: Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls, Ontario : There is no hidden agenda for the Harper government. The Prime Minister has been up front from 1995 on telling Canadians how he intends to dismantle the dominion of Canada and pretty much go with the policies he shares with Mario Dumont leader of Action Democratic du Quebec.

Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)

 

Wednesday
March 28, 2007
by: Helen Carson
Crooked River : Late winter, early spring visitors to the Carson yard include this small owl and calm bush rabbit.

No planning but crass politicking!

 

Wednesday
March 28, 2007
by: Eugene Parks
Victoria B.C. : With all the words of promise about the environment in the budget the real world is a good deal different as a committee set up to deal with air quality policies was disbanded four days before the budget was announced.

At first blush

 

Tuesday
March 27, 2007
by: Brian Marlatt
White Rock B.C. : The results of the Quebec election will have far reaching consequences as people notice the strong reseemblence between Dumont's policies and those of Stephen Harper only a few years ago both simply have their roots in the old Union National policies of Maurice Duplessis.

Healey Farms Ltd. auction

 

Monday
March 26, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Ten square miles of farmland, houses, seed cleaning plant and grain storage all sell at huge afternoon auction at the Tisdale RECPlex.

The Greenwater Report

 

Monday
March 26, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Its the last fling of winter as Gerald tells and shows us the Kelvington Legion's Ice Fishing derby. Then we find out about geese, crows, starving deer and moose and news on the new store in Foam Lake.

Protest school closures at the Leg Tuesday at 12:00

 

Sunday
March 25, 2007
by: Christine Whitaker
Edgeley: Its time the government and Saskatchewan politicians became aware of how vital local schools are to the continued viability of rural Saskatchewan.

David Anderson and the truth

 

Saturday
March 24, 2007
by: Joyce Neufeld
Waldeck: David Anderson is the Saskatchewan member of parliament who is the Parliamentary Secretary for the Canadian Wheat Board and he like the government is determined to do as the Americans want and destroy the efficient and effective marketing mechanism. The man seems to have a bit of a problem when it comes to keeping the facts and the truth straight.

Ste´phane Dion speaks out for Western Farmers

 

Friday
March 23, 2007
by: David Orchard
Borden: There is considerable misinformation about the Canadian Wheat Board and its origins. In this story announcing an upcoming speech by the Liberal leader Mr. Orchard points out that the Wheat Board was originally established by a Conservative government.

Whatever became of Sandra Kaufmann?

 

Thursday
March 22, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Thirty four years ago as principal of Ceylon school this writer was also the ball coach and in today's story he thinks back to the team and wonders what became of those great people. Sandra will be almost fifty years old now.

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