Wednesday, July 7, 2010 10:47 PM Ensign Front Page Volume 13, No. 12

Little crop in bloom

Wednesday
July 7, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 

Tisdale: The heavy rain and high water table is combining to take a fatal toll on the crops that did get planted. With only half the fields planted (less in some areas) the yields will be very low on those crops planted because these conditions and flooding just will not make for a positive harvest.

Canada Day fireworks at Crooked Lake

Monday
July 5, 2010
by: Matthew Shire

 

Crooked Lake: Each July first George and Linda Broda host a huge family gathering at their cabin at Crooked Lake and the evening is capped off with a fireworks display. This year there was ten knots of wind to deal with but the show went on and Matthew captured some of the scenes for you to enjoy. It will keep on playing until you click on "Ensign" to return to the front page.

 

The Greeenwater report

Monday
July 5, 2010
by: Gerald Crawford

 

Radisson & Battleford: This week's report takes us out to Radisson to visit their unique museum then off to the crooked bush and then to Shell Lake's Memorial Lake Regional Park.

"B" train rollover at Estlin

Wednesday
June 30, 2010
by: Stu Innes

 

Estlin: Saskatchewan's roads and highways are home to thousands of grain haulers who run around the clock get their loads to their destinations. It is surprising how few run into difficulty. Last night near Eslin south of Regina a "B" train did a complete rollover from wheels to roof back to wheels with only slight injuries to the driver.

Tisdale grad cars

Tuesday
June 29, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 

Tisdale: Tisdale has a curious custom of its high school graduates painting up a clunker for the celebration of their high school finale. Here are some pictures of this year's crop of vehicles.

1957 Pontiac Laurentian convertible

Tuesday
June 29, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 

Tisdale: This rare and magnificently preserved fifty-three year old car has been in Tisdale for the last week or so and definitely deserves some comment on this web site.

A wet land

Monday
June 28, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 

Tisdale: Those fields that were planted are severely, perhaps terminally damaged from the almost continuous rain we have experience in May and June. Today we have three picrtures that illustrate the situation.

Passing the bell as Tisdale superannuated teachers wrap up another year

Monday
June 28, 2010
by: Darlene McCullough

 

Tisdale: Tisdales retired teacher went a tea house in Carrot River and had a fish supper at Tobin Lake to wrap up this past year's activities. This report summarises the year.

Unsettled weather

Sunday
June 27, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 

Tisdale: A few showers even a few showery days are the norm for late June in Saskatchewan but in a year when rain is followed by more and more rain the sequence of daily rain is getting a bit tiresome.

New curbs for north New Market

Sunday
June 27, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 

Tisdale: The newest section of Tisdale had some preparatory work carried out this week getting ready to pave the north portion of New Market and the new cul-de-sac of Fairy Glen.

House number seven

Friday
June 25, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 

Tisdale: Forester Crescent is nearly complete with only three corner lots vacant. House number 7 is a Rise Construction project and is now getting wired and is ready for siding.

Municipal McCarthyism

Friday
June 25, 2010
by: Eugene Parks

 

Victoria, British Columbia: The head of Canada's spy agency was speaking out for Canada's national government when on CBC he fingered municipal politicians in B.C. being under the control of foreign governments.

Webserver hacked

Thursday
June 24, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 

Regina: In the middle of the night early Friday morning the server that brings you this web site was attacked by hackers attempting to gain control and access to the server. They did not achieve their goal but did enough damage to prevent updates to the site until it was over hauled on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.

Boundary Bay Air show

Thursday
June 24, 2010
by: Brian Marlatt

 

White Rock, British Columbia: In the southern most part of mainland British Columbia is the airport known as Boundary Bay. This past Saturday they held their sixth annual air show. Brian Marlatt was on hand and caught more than a hundred pictures of the displays and the air show itself. Some very interesting aircraft and outstanding weather.

New treatment for 1100 block 95th St

Tuesday
June 15, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 

Tisdale: Tisdale streets are in pretty tough shape and it looks like the town is seeking some alternative to full fledged pavement with the need to resurface several streets. 95th Street is the first to try out something old and different.

Seeding is over

Monday
June 14, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 

Tisdale: The countryside around Tisdale is positively lush from the almost steady rain over the past weeks. But the fields are laying in water to much water to dry up quickly but also enough to drown crops already sown. Few farmers expect to do any more planting, what is in the ground is the crop for this year and in some parts of Saskatchewan that means most of the land this year will lay fallow.

The Greenwater report

Monday
June 14, 2010
by: Gerald Crawford

 

Humboldt: This week's report gives us the low down on the Good Sam club that held their special outing this past weekend in Humboldt. Despite the rain it looks like things went off just great and the Crawfords are off this coming weekend for another RV tour of northwestern Saskatchewan.

House # 6 on 95th street

Thursday
June 10, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 

Tisdale: The continuous rain is slowing the progress on house construction but despite the rain the work is progressing with the basement for house nine finished up today. This new house sits on the site of a small dwelling that was knocked down December 1st and today McFadden's crane moved the whole rafter system of the garage into place.

The Greenwater report

Thursday
June 10, 2010
by: Gerald Crawford

 

Saskatoon: A report on Saskatoon's coffee row and some details about a new shopping development in one of the fastest growing cities in Canada. Gerald also tells us about what he will be doing this coming rainy weekend at Humboldt and he passes on the passing of a lady from Porcupine Plain.

Tisdale Speedway for 2010

Thursday
June 3, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 

Tisdale: This year's stockcar racing season has been scaled back a bit but there are four races scheduled for the season beginning on the Motor Madness weekend June 19 and 20th.

Pensions for Caregivers

Thursday
June 3, 2010
by: Beverley Smith

 

Calgary: It doesn't seem right to give old age pensions to criminals in jail but also doesn't seem right to reduce pensions to people who devote their lives to raising their children yet that is the case in Canada.

Deceit does not impress

Thursday
June 3, 2010
by: Eugene Parks

 

Victoria, British Columbia: It doesn't seem right to give old age pensions to criminals in jail but also doesn't seem right to reduce pensions to people who devote their lives to raising their children yet that is the case in Canada.

Schapansky auctions house and contents

Thursday
June 3, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 

Tisdale: Though not unheard of, auctioning off a house and lot is a new thing for Tisdale and by the size of today's crowd it looked like this was a successful event.

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