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0800 Sunday - Overcast alto-stratus, ceiling
23,000, visibility 15, -19º, wind 9 knots at 290º,, altimeter 30.01-------------WeatherLog
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- Toy
Sale 2003
- Sunday, January 19, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
The gasoline and grease crowd gathered at Schapansky's Auction today as it was time
for wheeling and dealing on snowmachines.
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 Drawing a blank- Sunday, January 19, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
A trip to Weekes to get the story, amazing images and then everything vanished. A
tale of digital woe.
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 Federal firearms fiasco:
A billion dollars of waste is the real crime - Sunday, January 19, 2003
by: Walter Robinson
Mr. Robinson of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation outlines the staggering proportions
of the most monumental failure in government.
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 Bush's Tort Reform to Quick-Fix Higher
Medical Insurance Premiums: Cap on jury awards, no frivolous lawsuits,
limited punitive damages - Sunday, January 19, 2003
by: Mario deSantis
The private medical system in the United States is becoming mired in impossible premiums
for medical doctors boosting the over all cost of medical care. The ugly loop of
overworked doctors and reduced proper care is leading the US president to fire the
symptom with tort reform.
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 Chicken Delight
adds new menu- Saturday, January 18, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
I has been a while since we last had a QuickTime Virtual reality image but here is
one from inside Chicken Delight looking across at the RECPlex and the South part
of Tisdale.
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 Fudge Snowplane
Brochure- Friday, January 17, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
We can step back in time and see the mid war development of a machine built to cope
with the harsh winter travel conditions of the late forties.
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 Media Uninformed- Friday, January 17, 2003
by: Brad Thomson
Brad Thomson is the secretary of the Progressive Conservative riding association
for Ottawa South and is not happy with the way the Ontario based news media looked
upon the Conservative leadership race that has just begun as they ho-hum over the
"might-have-run" stars.
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 American War against
Iraq: Bush's Weapon of Mass Distraction- Friday, January 17, 2003
by: Mario deSantis
The warmongering both of the US government and the television news system is unprecidented
in modern history and Mario deSantis points out the utter disregard being given the
rest of the world.
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 Official Grand Opening Nipawin
Metis Local Building- Thuesday, January 16, 2003
by: Mario deSantis
Wednesday afternoon there was the grand opening of the Metis Nation's building in
Nipawin and Mario was there and has picture to show us what happened.
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 President Bush opposes the University
of Michigan's Admissions Policies: The hard facts and soft facts of
students' performance- Thursday, January 16, 2003
by: Mario deSantis
The United States Republican government pushes forward its extreme rightwing agenda
as it moved yesterday to challenge in the supreme court the quota system in the University
of Michigan's Law school.
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 Paul "Moses"
Martin- Wednesday, January 15, 2003
by: Douglas R. Day
Mr. Day itemises the woes former finance minister Martin visited upon Canadians.
This story is especially important with Mr. Allan Rock having withdrawn from the
leadership race because Paul Martin has sewen up the membership of the Liberal party
snuffing out all opponents.
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 The Vicious Circle of: The
Rules of Law, Law & Order Policies and Erosion of Democracy- Wednesday, January 15, 2003
by: Mario deSantis
Put on your thinking cap because this story demands that you work your way through
some serious logic. The consequences of escalating repressive behaviour by government
and its agents are themselves increased escalation of these same behaviours.
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 Enforcement of SECTION 85
ignored- Wednesday, January 15, 2003
by: Joe Hueglin
While the government of Canada puts almost a billion dollars into registering hunting
rifles the laws enacted to deal with the criminal use of firearms is being ignored
by the same government.
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 Afternoon ladies- Tuesday, January 14, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
At 2:00 this group of nine ladies and one gentleman enjoyed each other's company
at Wolfers.
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 Recognizing Boundaries and the Value of
Thinking versus the God of Money and the Gospels of Standard of Living and Productivity- Tuesday, January 14, 2003
by: Mario deSantis
The idea that Gross Domestic Product can grow infinitely is simply not true and yet
the principles that the worshippers of the god of money are convinced that there
are no limits. Indeed greed is in itself infinite.
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 Freezing In the
Dark- Monday, January 13, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
Power went off in La Ronge and most of Northern Saskatchewan at noon yesterday, came
back at 7:00 and went off again this morning at 8:30.
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 The Greenwater Report- Monday, January 13, 2003
by: Gerald Crawford
The cold weather is not slowing down the snow mobilers as Gerald tells about their
preparations for upcoming Derbys and there are pickerel under the ice.
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 If Only This Were Jack Layton's
Vision Of Proportional Representation- Monday, January 13, 2003
by: Ron Thornton
The cherish need of many Canadians is to see some sort of electral reform that would
more fairly allow all Canadians to feel a part of the democratic process. NDP candidate
Jack Layton has been touting proportional representation and Ron Thornton considers
this as an interesting alternative with some possible improvements.
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 Anti-Canadian
Wheat Board Rhetoric- Monday, January 13, 2003
by: Joyce Neufeld
The elections for the Canadian Wheat Board are history but the harping of those who
oppose the system continues to rattle around the country. Joyce Neufeld from Waldeck
points out the small minority involved and the need for everyone to grasp the logical
that makes the Wheat Board a good idea.
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 Stuck Train, March
10, 1979- Sunday, January 12, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
Saskatchewan in the winter can be a remarkable place, this set of pictures tell of
a Sunday afternoon after the wind had brought a little snow the area near Palmier.
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 Venezuela: the
other side of the story- Sunday, January 12, 2003
by: Mark Weisbrot
This story appeared in the Washington Post today and is one of the few stories that
tells what the United States government would rather their people did not know. Mr.
Weisbrot maintains that the common poeple of the country support the government while
the affluent and oil companies supported by the US government want to over throw
the democracy.
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Raven checks out the back of a pickup at 3:00 today.
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