Tuesday, August 7, 2007 Ensign Front Page Volume 11, No. 59

Grand Forks shopping

Tuesday
August 7, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
images by: Andrew Shire
Grand forks North Dakota : The rise in the Canadian dollar and the weakening of the U.S. economy make cross border shopping attractive but its not all a story paved with roses.

The Greenwater report

Tuesday
August 7, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Lake Provincial Park : Outstanding weather at Greenwater continues and Gerald has the story on the Fisherman's Cove.

You can't brush the desert

Friday
August 3, 2007
by: Jennifer Shire
Beer Sheva : Day to day work on an archeological site near the Gaza Strip in Israel's Negev desert.

Unfriendly giants

Wednesday
August 1, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Yorkton: The massive nimbus cloud is the ruler of the prairie skies in summer, lashing out with furry and violence despite their awesome beauty and majesty.

On the site

Wednesday
August 1, 2007
by: Jennifer Shire
Beer Sheva, Israel : From Tel Aviv to Beer Sheva and two days out on the dig our very own Laura Croft tells about her archeological adventure in the Negev desert of southern Isreal.

A hole for number 8

Monday
July 30, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: The eighth new housing start of the year got underway this morning with the water and sewer service installed and the basement dug this afternoon.

The Greenwater report

Monday
July 30, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Lake Provincial Park : This week's report is devoted to telling the story of grand daughter Jill Grimson's wedding.

Norman Borlaug

Monday
July 30, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Washington: This man is credited with the saving of a billion lives as he is considered the person most responsible for the "green revolution" that doubled grain growing capacity in Mexico, India, Pakistan and had a huge impact on agricultural practices throughout the third world.

Jennifer tours Bethlehem

Saturday
July 28, 2007
by: Jennifer Shire
Bethlehem: In 1998 Jennifer told us about her adventures in Mexico, in 2005 she and her family toured Egypt and Europe now she is on an adventure of her own in the holy land. We are short on pictures but this personal view of Bethlehem takes you along for the ride.

How much is to much?

Friday
July 27, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: We all consume a very healthy amount of television and all that comes with it, commericals, culture, language, information, perhaps entertainment, lifestyle and various forms of political and social influence. What do we know about its affects and should we be curbing our appetite for the universal time user.

Not mulch left

Thursday
July 26, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: The Hood Hardware building, last known as Fairlight Studio was demolished this morning.

Montebello, Trans Texas and all that

Wednesday
July 25, 2007
by: Robert Ede
Richmond Hill Ontario : The approaching summit in Montebello Quebec on the continued progress toward a North American union is unsettling enough but Mr. Ede points out the development of the Trans Texas Corridor and its ownership is profoundiy disturbing.

House number 7

Tuesday
July 24, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: This makes the third basement opened awaiting either a house to be moved onto the site, or a new house to be constructed.

Words promise Latin America a "third way"; Actions belie them

Tuesday
July 24, 2007
by: Eugen Parks
Victoria B.C. : Though the Prime Minister was passing on the message that Canadians and the motives are different the folks in the Americas are unlikely to buy the message when the actions of the Canadian government are puppets of the United States.

The Greenwater report

Monday
July 23, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Lake Provincial Park : Perfect summer weather for the beach with a wedding thrown in and a deer posing for his picture to be taken. A new house has been moved in and more on the way but there is always time for a story.

Free healthcare

Saturday
July 21, 2007
by: William Dascavich
Edmonton: Surprising as it may seem there are still a large number of people who firmly object to universal public medical care. They believe this function in life should be ranked by priviledge and the ability to pay.

Third aircraft joins campaign

Friday
July 20, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Able only to work in daylight when the temperature is below 24ºC the aerial assault on the wheat midge continues.

The green Qu' Appelle Valley

Thursday
July 19, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Qu' Appelle Valley : In most summers by mid July the valley takes on a soft dusty tan colour but in 2007 it is a lush green.

Beauty at the front steps

Tuesday
July 17, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: With warm weather and generous rainfall Tisdale's yards couldn't look better here are a few and they are not the most remarkable but just a sample of many.

The Greenwater report

Monday
July 16, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Lake Provincial Park : Gerald tells us about the breakfast and silent auction at Marean Lake and shares some stories about summer fun in the park where it seems there are a lot of visitors this summer.

In the colony of Canada: The role of the U.S. army at Montebello. What will it be?

Sunday
July 15, 2007
by: Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls : Canadian sovereignty may no long be even an issue for the Harper Government who claimed to stand up for Canada but repeatedly have turned the country into a colony.

Beechcraft King Air 200

Saturday
July 14, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Saskatchewan Air Ambulance operates two of these $5,000,000 work horses and will soon add two more as the work

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