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Wednesday, January 28, 2004 Ensign Front Page Volume 7, No. 167
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Flat tax unfairly increases burden of low income home owners- Wednesday
January 28, 2004
by: Joyce Neufeld
Waldeck: With the changes that have been made in the
Urban Municipal Act city and town councils have tended to lower their mill rate and
utilise a flat tax that has in effect drastically increased the amount of taxes paid
on the lowest valued properties. One house in Waldeck, just East of Swift Current
has seen its property tax increase by 346% while the second highest valued property
in that village saw its taxes actually go down.
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 Battle moves from
the courtroom to your desktop- Tuesday
January 27, 2004
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: This issue is far greater and more complex
than can be dealt with in a short story on this web site but mid afternoon yesterday
the latest worm "MyDoom" began arriving in our e-mail and it is just pouring
in today. This one is related to the fight for control of computer operating systems
and at the base of it all is the "American way of doing things".
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0900 Wednesday - Sky clear,Ceiling and visibility 1,000 feet, -41º, wind calm,
altimeter 30.40 WeatherLog
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Go to the WebCam page
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Today In Ensign
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* Joyce Neufeld - Property
Tax: section 279.5
* Mario deSantis - madness of privatisation |
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Today in Ensign years past
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- 1 years ago today,
story 2
and story
3
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- 2 years ago today,
story
2, story
3,
- story
4 and story
5
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- 3 years ago today,
story
2, story
3
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- 4 years ago today,
and also
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- 5 years ago today,
story
2 and story
3
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Tim's Tip of the Day
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| When it is cold the moisture is frozen out of the atmosphere and the static electricity
will increase in your home and work place. If you are working on your computer take
extra precautions, a small static charge can do thousands of dollars in damage to
periphery cards and other cards inside a computer. |
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Kevin's find of the day
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 MikeRoweSoft settles for an Xbox. (PDF)
Munir Ktadia reports in his CNET story that the 17 year old
from Victoria has settled with Microsoft over his web site name as Microsoft agrees
to get his new site up and running a trip for he and his folks to Microsoft, Xbox
and some certification with the software giant. |
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Ensign Notes
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| What do you expect, year after year it gets cold in late January, check the Weather
log and you can see what it was like in years past. |
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 Kindersley PeeWee
Klippers "AA" 8-6 over Tisdale PeeWee Ramblers- Monday
January 26, 2004
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Sunday afternoon Kindersley PeeWees were in
town and it was one of those high scoring games with four goals in the first period
and eight in the second. So there was lots of action for the fans.
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 The Greenwater Report- Monday
January 26, 2004
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park: Back with their new RV and enjoying the cold weather
Gerald has some great pictures of cross country skiers who were participating in
the Loppet this past weekend.
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 Richelle- Monday
January 26, 2004
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: This page presents a complete 12MB streaming video of a figure skating performance
that took place Sunday afternoon during a hockey game.
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 "lies, damned
lies and statistics"- Monday
January 26, 2004
by: Brian Burchill
Victoria, British Columbia: The Conservative Party of
Canada is now a sad reality. It is now pretending to hold a leadership race with
Stephen Harper, an Ontario loser and rich woman on an ego trip. The way it was created
remains a very sore spot for all but 3.7% of the 60,000 former members of the Progressive
Conservative Party.
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 Deflation is a natural phenomenon of the
global market: More emphasis on full employment and purchasing power- Friday
January 23, 2004
by: Mario deSantis
Nipawin: This week when the Governor of the Bank of
Canada announced the reduction in the Canadian interest rate he asked Canadian businesses
to "increase the productivity". Indeed, he like so many present day economists
worship a false god called "GDP" and when the Free Market deals them a
natural consequence their response is to fiddle with the economic monster they have
themselves created.
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 And the Winner
Is?- Thursday
January 22, 2004
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: When September ended hundreds of weeping Tisdale
folks were left without a place for their morning breakfast and coffee as Garry McPeak
closed Hannigans. A search and extensive testing has been carried out and today we
declare a winner.
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 One condition
for world social and economic growth: The United Sates must learn from
the principle "give more, take less"- Thursday
January 22, 2004
by: Mario deSantis
Nipawin: It is a pretty long stretch to imagine the
United States acting as former Prime Minister Chretien once suggested "be nice".
But this story suggests that the country that most threatens peace on the planet
has to re-evaluate its behaviour if things are going to improve. Martin Luther King
was murdered in that country but he was leading at the time of his death a crusade
to make the changes needed.
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 Lean on me- Wednesday
January 21, 2004
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: This page is not a story but perhaps it tells
a story. Four images in a Flash presentation with "Al Green's" song "Lean
on me". This page requires QuickTime
for the music to play.
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 Goulash- Wednesday
January 21, 2004
by: Cassandra Shire
Winnipeg: Nutrition, good taste and speed of preparation
are the hallmarks of a meal for young people on the go. Here is a combination meal
that will take just minutes to create and will make you smile.
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 Around the clock
in Wascana- Tuesday
January 20, 2004
by: R. W. Shire
Regina: Wascana Lake is no longer a drained mini lake
but now it is a major construction project as earth moving equipment work down lowering
the lake bottom 24 hours a day.
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 Servant Leadership and Common Sense versus
Selfish Leadership and Specific Clarity: The case of the demented Saskatchewan
Justice- Tuesday
January 20, 2004
by: Mario deSantis
Nipawin: The astonishing refusal of the Saskatchewan
Government to accept the overwhelming decision by the court on malicious prosecution
of the Klassen family really calls into question the whole point of government. The
ruling was completely and totally in favour of the Klassen family and the idea of
rule of law should be the guiding principle but apparently there is a lesson to be
learned here.
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Bottom Of The Page Picture
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Habitation fog (ice fog) this morning at 8:00, temperature at -41º wind calm.
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