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Thursday, January 15, 2004 Ensign Front Page Volume 7, No. 156
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Bigger Hair 2000- Thursday
January 15, 2004
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Downtown hair dressing shop is building an
addition onto the back of their building.
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 NASCAR's Le Grande
Experiment Is Amateurish At Best- Thursday
January 15, 2004
by: Ron Thornton
Edmonton: Thousands of people are wrapped in the drama
of the motor racing culture and enjoy the television excitement through each racing
season. Ron tells us about some changes in NASCAR that are upsetting fans.
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1000 Thursday - Overcast stratocumulus 8/8th ceiling 700, visibility 2, -12º,
wind 8 knots at 160º, light snow WeatherLog
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Today In Ensign
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* Timothy W. Shire - Bigger
Hair 2000
* Ron Thornton - NASCAR
experiment
* Bruce Frederick - Permanent
target
* Mario deSantis - Private
justice
Tomorrow in Ensign
* Joe Hueglin - "One Conservative Voice"
* Cassandra Loiselle - Interesting stuff |
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Tim's Tip of the Day
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| It is a remarkably fine balancing act each of us must perform each day as we weigh
what we believe to be facts, our senses, what others tell us and our gut emotional
responses. It is no wonder that we as people so often draw such conflicting conclusions
to what seem to be identical data. Perhaps it would be wise to cut each other a little
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Kevin's find of the day
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 A girl with an
X-ray vision. This amazing Russian story from Pravda tells of a teenage
girl, Natalya Demkina from Saransk who has develop the ability to see the internal
organs of people. Apparently causing quite a stir in Russia and the girl wants to
become a doctor. |
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Ensign Notes
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| It seems I am always slipping further and further behind and getting later and later
each day. I am hoping that the major upgrade to my computer will result in a boost
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 A permanent target for the Air Farce chicken
cannon- Thursday
January 15, 2004
by: Bruce Frederick
Cobble Hill, B.C.: I can think of no other character
in political life who has been more of a let down and perhaps much worse than Peter
MacKay. Ah, some will point out the problems of Stockwell Day, yet they are minon
in comparison to the man that promises, signs and deal, kills a political party and
stays on as an example of bad judgement.
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 Privatising Justice at the expense of
public interest: President Bush, Saskatchewan Justice Minister Frank
Quennel, Premier Berlusconi- Thursday
January 15, 2004
by: Mario deSantis
Nipawin: The equation that determines who is being served
by governmental action is something that so often seems much less apparent than it
should. The assumption that we have government and authority to serve and protect
the over all good for all people is so often discretionary and sadly sometimes just
plainly self serving by the elected official.
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 Boil Water order
for Tisdale- Wednesday
January 14, 2004
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Tuesday morning town waterworks people discovered
a chlorination unit on a well did not kick in and untreated water had pumped into
the system over night. As a result the boil water warning was issued and will not
be lifted until chlorine levels rise throughout the town water system.
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 Despotism and the hypocrisy of the top
1% class: A game of lies at the expense of people at large- Wednesday
January 14, 2004
by: Mario deSantis
Nipawin: This story is just a brief summary of the research
that went into its conclusions. It is clear that there is something very rotten in
the republic to the South of us as the wealth of that nation is consolidating in
only the smallest minority of people. This is not just an American problem because
a similar trend is occuring here, it is simply unavoidable because of the integrated
economy that has evolved.
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 Not a Nieuport
but a Camel- Tuesday
January 13, 2003
by: Brian D. Marlatt
White Rock, B.C. : Yes I should have known two guns
instead of one. Brian gives us some details on one of the most outstanding fighters
in history and built by a company that continues to produce outstanding aircraft
to this very day.
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 Catch 22 for the
Tories- Tuesday
January 13, 2004
by: Brad Thomson
Ottawa : Brad wrote this story on December 31, 2003
but I was unable to post it until today and it seems like the perfect time to do
so with Peter MacKay announcing this morning that he is unable to participate in
the contest for leadership of the newly merged Conservative Party. But Brad's
is not the last word on this subject as we post two other stories on the same topic
one by Joe Heuglin and the other by Bruce Federick.
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 The hypocrisy
of conventional economic gurus: Exporting America and combating terrorism- Tuesday
January 13, 2004
by: Mario deSantis
Nipawin: This story and its wealth of references point
out the preculiar and conflicting conclusions that the economic gurus have drawn
about the negative economic conditions that are engulfing the world as a result of
the selfish behaviour of the United States.
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 PC party loyalists reconstitute
the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada- Tuesday
January 13, 2004
by: Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls: This news release came out last Friday and unfortunately we were unable
to post at that time but with MacKays announcement not to run for leadership of the
Conservative Party this story takes on a new meaning and has some long reaching consequences
in the coming spring election.
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 The Greenwater Report- Monday
January 12, 2004
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park: We did not have a picture
to go with last week's Greenwater report so today's report includes both this week's
report and last week's
column. Looks like Gerald is coping pretty well with the snowfall yesterday and
Saturday night.
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 The Scandal of the Century:
Saskatchewan Authorities found guilty of malicious prosecution- Monday,
January 12, 2003
by: Mario deSantis
Nipawin: The trial is over and the judge has ruled that
the prosecutor, the police investigator and a therapist all worked together to maliciously
prosecute a number of people sending one person to jail for a crime that not only
did the accused not committ but a crime that never ever occurred. This story gives
some insight into the thoughts that went into the judge's decision.
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 John would have
liked it- Wednesday
January 10, 2004
Saskatoon: On Sunday we were at the John Diefenbaker
airport in Saskatoon. Though Saskatoon has every reason to be proud of the renovated
city owned facility I am certain the old guy would be so pleased to have his name
on this portal. This story includes a QuickTime VR of the inside of the airport.
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 Icy wind from
the North- Friday
January 2, 2004
Tisdale: How appropriate to begin the new year with appropriate weather. It was noon
when we produced the pictures for this story and -21ºC with a nasty North wind.
The story includs a QuickTime Virtual Reality Panorama.(400K)
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 2004 as it looks
from here- Thursday
January 1, 2004
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Yes its time once again to gaze deeply into
the salad bowl and come up with some insights into the new year.
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 Europe and Italy- Wednesday
December 31, 2003
From: Mario deSantis
Nipawin: Mario is a regular serious contributor to this
site and today he is bringing us a little humor. We all know how intense Mario and
his fellow country-men can get but it is equally true that a fine sense of the ideosyncracies
of Italians and their way of life.
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 New Advents Facing
a New Year- Tuesday
December 30, 2003
by: Ron Thornton
Edmonton: The new year is filled with adventure for
those who follow and support politics in this fair land. The new Conservative Party
is anointing Stephen Harper and the new prime minister will send us all to the polls
in the spring. Ah! just the winter to get through.
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Bottom Of The Page Picture
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10:45 this morning looking North up highway #35 on Tisdale's North side.
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