Saturday, February 17, 2007 Ensign Front Page Volume 10, No. 136

What's in a name

 

Saturday
February 17, 2007
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Friday the Bank of Montreal in Tisdale became the BMO. This story considered the name brand business of banking and the recent distribution of credit cards by this bank and the CIBC with the refusal to explain why the switch.

Dogs on duty

 

Saturday
February 17, 2007
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : We call them pets, man's best friend a lot of other things but attention to duty, being on the job protecting property and supervising their domain dogs definitely have their day.

Seeing is not always believing

 

Friday
February 16, 2007
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : We have done it before and will certainly do it again in the future, we have made a mistake. The combines mentioned in the story "Combines replace alfalfa swathers" was just plain dead wrong and a reader pointed out the mistake but we invite you to help us get this one right.

Consider should he have a majority

 

Friday
February 16, 2007
by : Eugene Parks
Victoria : The Conservatives have put out another attack ad this one with a newspaper headline attacking the integrity of Ralph Goodale who was cleared of all wrong doing by the RCMP yet the Prime Minister is sticking to his false accusation despite the possiblity it was deliberately leaked during the last campaign and may have put him in power.

Panama Canal

 

Thursday
February 15, 2007
by : R. W. Shire
Panama City : Here is a picture essay showing scenes around the entrance into the canal.

Where there is no vision, the people perish

 

Thursday
February 15, 2007
by : Robert Ede
Richmond Hill Ontario : Six news stories appeared yesterday that seemed to strike a common threat for Mr. Ede as he explains some things about Canada and how it so badly needs a real leader with a real vision for the country as a whole.

Combines replace alfalfa swathers

 

Wednesday
February 14, 2007
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : It is interesting to hold meeting and issue press releases but the proof is in what is done and progress toward developing a bio-energy industry in Tisdale is beginning to emerge.

The real issue is power

 

Wednesday
February 14, 2007
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : From our vantage point in rural Canada we have to learn to accept the reality of political power and though it affects us we are definitely out of the loop. This story is accompanied by pictures taken around Tisdale this afternoon.

Gilding the lily (la fleur-de-lis)

 

Tuesday
February 13, 2007
by : Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls : It appears the prime minister is gearing up for a spring election and yesterday's $349,000,000 donation to Quebec is intended to go a fair distance in re-electing Charest and putting conservatives in Parliament from Quebec.

Nothing fair about the Wheat Board barley vote

 

Tuesday
February 13, 2007
by : Jan Eliason
Outlook : Barley growers able to vote on the Wheat Board barley issue are cautioned to consider carefully what they are about to do for the US grain companies which seem to be who the minister of agriculture has decided support. For the Harper government its always US interests first.

CN strike is no surprise

 

Monday
February 12, 2007
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Conductors go on strike and much of CN rail grinds to a halt. But the strike is just part of the growing trend in the American run company as it relies upon confrontation as its normal means of settling disputes.

Managing climate change

 

Sunday
February 11, 2007
by : Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls : Mr. Hueglin has put together some important resources to give you the opportunity to do some research on the topic and inform yourself on this pressing problem.

The Greenwater Report

 

Sunday
February 11, 2007
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Big news at the park, the beach cafe is open for weekends. Gerald gives us a solid look and story about the last days of their bus tour and it looks like he has decided against becoming a Mormon.

One year not thirteen

 

Sunday
February 11, 2007
by : Eugene Parks
Victoria B.C. : It looks like the Prime Ministers attampt to condemn the Liberals for in-action on Kyoto is a major exaggeration since the Kyoto Accord was only passed in February 2005.

January meeting of Parkland Photo club

 

Saturday
February 10, 2007
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : This month's theme was colour and we have thre excellent examples as the club continues its quest to do better every time.

Saskatchewan is what you make of it

 

Friday
February 9, 2007
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Its not Manitoba, or Alberta, though close to both Saskatchewan is a place geographically, socially and economically, entirely unto itself and we will all be better off when we begin to accept our place for what it is and realise what it is not.

Reflections over the third cup

 

Thursday
February 8, 2007
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Enjoying a third cup of brreakfast coffee this morning with the world outside frozen solid, cabin fever closing in and far to much coldness in our hearts.

Grain burner 2.0

 

Wednesday
February 7, 2007
by : Edwin Wallace
Success : A month ago Edwin told us about his work on a protype grain burning heating unit for his shop. Since then the work has progressed and a second version has been completed and is working.

I love Regina

 

Wednesday
February 7, 2007
by : Matthew Shire
Regina : Here is a picture essay of seventeen pictures taken in the last week of January while Matthew was going about his business in Regina. Street scenes that give you a sense of what Regina is like this time of the year.

Cool

 

Tuesday
February 6, 2007
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Looks like a few more days of -20º days, we might even get used to it, a look back in Februarys past indicates this is not a new thing, its that warm December that made us forget that we live in a very cold country.

The Greenwater Report

 

Tuesday
February 6, 2007
by : Geerald Crawford
Flagstaff Arizona : The tour continues for the Crawfords as they enjoy the events, scenery and the fun they make for themselves. Gerry is cool on shopping but is making the best of the trip which will see them back home this Thursday.

More 2007 Star Skate Championship

 

Monday
February 5, 2007
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : What a fantastic show! Today's report includes a ten minute streaming video of only one class of performers mid afternoon on Saturday.

2007 Star Skate Championship

 

Friday
February 2, 2007
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Saskatchewan figure skating championships began yesterday and continue through until Sunday as the top skaters of all ages compete here in Tisdale to earn their position in the world of Saskatchewan figure skating.

Salary for the CEO of the CWB

 

Friday
February 2, 2007
by : Vern Bretin
Leduc Alberta : Here is an explanation about the paying of a salary to the rreplacement boss at the Canadian Wheat Board. The minister of Agriculture failed to follow the established guidlines for CWB employees and the Board refused to pay the man $30,000 a month.

Potential buyers beware!

 

Friday
February 2, 2007
by : Dale Swirsky
Winnipeg : You do not have to dig up the past to find the Harper government trashing the whole concept of global warming. In 2006 they dismissed fifteen programmes and decided to set emission targets in 2050.

Its February

 

Thursday
February 1, 2007
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : If the months of the year were listed in a preference list number twelve on the list would be February. Even though it is a few days shorter than the rest that doesn't make up for this being the least desireable month of year.

Growing organic

 

Wednesday
January 31, 2007
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Farming for all of my life time has been a marginal business at best and in the last few years most farmers would be happy even to break even. Its time to consider "value added" options and on of those options is proving to be economically viable and certainly a hit in the grocery stores and that is becoming an organic farm operation. Difficult to get into be here is a way of jump starting into this form of agriculture.

Ominous

 

Wednesday
January 31, 2007
by : William Dascavich
Edmonton : If you saw Anderson Cooper last night or over the past few evenings one wonders what is cooking in the US government. Does anyone remember the "Gulf of Tonkin Incident" which actually never did take place but was the excuse for putting forces on the ground in Viet Nam? Important to note that the image used here was staged for photographers.

Abottsford Bike Show January 27, 2007

 

Tuesday
January 30, 2007
by : Mike Townsend
Kamloops : Here is a remarkable slide show of the Abottsford Bike show as you can see the motorcycles and exhibits through Mike's camera.

Marketing boards on the table when CWB single desk gone?

 

Tuesday
January 30, 2007
by : Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls : All this time we thought it was idealogy and now Joe has discovered that the campaign to destroy the Canadian Wheat Board is just the boys in Ottawa doing what the boy in Washington wants.

The Greenwater Report

 

Monday
January 29, 2007
by : Gerald Crawford
Scottsdale Arizona : The Crawfords are on a bus tour of Las Vegas and now in Arizona, from the look of things they are having a great time. Gerald is over eating but taking lots of super pictures.

Attack ads as diversion: A new low!

 

Sunday
January 28, 2007
by : Eugene Parks
Victoria : The Conservative introduced their attack ads ridiculing Liberal leader Dion. Mr. Parks points out that an election has not even been called and this is a first for a governing party in Canada to develop and use such negative adervertisements.

Minister Strahl's unsubstantiated words

 

Sunday
January 28, 2007
by : joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls : The minister of agriculture in his campaign to dismantle the Canadian Wheat Board continues to make statements without any substantial backing to support his claims.

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