Friday, April 20, 2007 Ensign Front Page Volume 10, No. 184

Crushed Canoe

 

Friday
April 20, 2007
by: Leslie Peet
Tisdale: The wreckage of a canoe at the CN trestle is the mute story of someone's misadventure with the Doghide in is flood condition.

Its not a they world, but a me world

 

Friday
April 20, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: The college shooting in Virginia and the war in Iraq are not something that can be explained and perhaps should not be explained but must be part of our awareness and realisation of the nature of humanity.

Wood Country expands facility

 

Thursday
April 19, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: A large new building immediately west of the town square is going to radically change the look of that part of town.

War on the Plains

 

Thursday
April 19, 2007
by: Albert Horner and David Orchard
Blaine Lake and Borden : The economic sovereignty and the commercial viability of western agriculture is at stake as the Harper government aims to please its American Master and extinguish the Canadian Wheat Board.

House number one

 

Thursday
April 19, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Ten houses were built or moved into Tisdale last year and this year's construction process is under way with the first house with its first wall up.

$300,000,000 at $300 a treatment

 

Thursday
April 19, 2007
by: Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls : Cancer of any kind is a killer and now a treatment appears to be available to protect this generation of women from cervical cancer but we really need to consider this and find out about the implications.

House number two

 

Thursday
April 19, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Basement in place and work to get the foundation underway as the second house of 2007 has begun construction.

Green grass

 

Thursday
April 19, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: That seemed to me like a very long winter. I was surprised to see mud one day two weeks ago and today it was a relief to begin seeing bits of green grass showing up yet knowing full well that means cutting must soon follow.

Moose at Lewvan

 

Wednesday
April 18, 2007
by: Stu Innes
Lewvan: Not long ago moose were known only to live in the bush but for reasons yet unknown they are cheerfully moving out onto the open prairie.

Five minute parking

 

Wednesday
April 18, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Just what this world needs is more signs. Today the town crew installed five minute parking signs in front of the community post office.

Out and about class

 

Wednesday
April 18, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Its been a long time since you could walk around in shirt sleeves and teachers at TMSS have been taking advantage of the good weather and getting their classes out of the classroom.

Pick it up

 

Wednesday
April 18, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Great weather to go for a walk but the ugliness of the stuff dropped since fall is a bit of a mess. Here is the simple and healthy solution.

TILMA

 

Tuesday
April 17, 2007
by: William Dascavich
Edmonton: What we know and understand as the way of nature of Canadian life is in danger. NAFTA has made it difficult for Canadians to be Canadian now there is more and more encroachments coming our way and we need to be aware of the trouble ahead.

Over the banks

 

Monday
April 16, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Despite the week of cold weather the amount of water heading north up the Doghide River channel exceeds the river's capacity and it is now in flood stage.

The Greenwater report

 

Monday
April 16, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Stories of spring at the park as there are rennovations to the beach cafe and water treatment plant, the gold course will open again this year and no news on what will happen to the Cove. But the snow is melting and the water flowing, Gerald likes warm weather.

Look at our everyday ways of living

 

Monday
April 16, 2007
by: Larry Storm
Welland Ontario : The challenge of global warming and the preservation of the environment is huge but maybe we need to think of it as solving one problem at a time. Cut down on commuting to work, reduce the size of car engines and tickle the auto's fuel efficiency.

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.

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