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Wednesday, July 7, 2004 Ensign Front Page Volume
8, No. 23
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Tisdale, a town under construction- Wednesday
July 7, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Twenty-eight
known new housing units are either completed or scheduled for this summer and with
other sold empty lots the total is expected to exceed thirty.
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Answer Is In the Senate, But No One In The East
Is Asking The Question- Wednesday
July 7, 2004
by : Ron thornton
Edmonton : Many
of the age old solutions that have been put forward to produce some equity and fairness
in the way Canada is governed include such things as free votes in parliament and
fixed election dates. Mr. Thornton points out that an elected land representative
Senate would do the trick.
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altocumulus 6/8ths 9,000, ceiling 9,000, visibility 15, 23º, wind 13 knots at
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Today In Ensign
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Timothy W. Shire - Tisdale, building town
Ron Thornton - The answer is the Senate
David Orchard - Cold light of dawn
Tomorrow in Ensign
Rebecca Gingrich - sleaze starts again
Brain Marlatt - Langley Vintage aircraft |
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Tim's Tip of the Day
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 If you are looking for a great place to visit in Saskatchewan
this summer, the town of Nipawin should be at or near the top of your list. A beautiful
community with a great campgrounds but outstanding fishing and adventures begin at
Nipawin. |
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Kevin's find of the day
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 God given job
with Indian railways (pdf) Agence
France Presse reports on comments by the flamboyant Indian politician Laloo Prasad
Yadav, who suggested the safety of passengers in the hands of the god of transportation. |
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| Went up to Nipawin today, green all the way with flowering Canola
only a few miles north. |
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.Happenings In Tisdale:
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 House
Number 3- Wednesday
July 7, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Basement
in and the main floor framed as this house is well underway a block west of the cenotaph
park.
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 In the cold light
of dawn - Wednesday
July 7, 2004
by : David Orchard
Borden : It didn't
work, the PC party was destroyed so that the right could be united and Canadians
said "no". The Liberals handed the election to the opposition on a platter
but because of the ideological hardline right Harper and his gang did no better than
in the past.
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 House
Number 4- Wednesday
July 7, 2004
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : So
far a basement only on 95th Ave. but this house will rise quickly.
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 Maple Ridge Condominium first floor- Wednesday
July 7, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : With
the garage occupying the first ground level of this complex the actual first floor
of dwellings is the second floor.
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 New Golden Age Centre Parking Lot- Wednesday
July 7, 2004
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : With
only about fifteen feet poured the ashphalt plant broke down and it took an extra
day to get the new west side parking lot completed for the Golden Age Centre.
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 Canada
Day 2004- Tuesday
July 6, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Breakfast
downtown on the street then music and dancing at the museum in the afternoon. This
story includes a video clip of highland dancing. (2.7MB QuickTime)
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 The
Greenwater Report- Tuesday
July 6, 2004
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : It has warmed up some and the fish are biting at Greenwater, but
don't tell anybody. Dear, turkey vulture and bear have made an appearance.
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 Reform
failed again- Tuesday
July 6, 2004
by : Brain Marlatt
Whiterock B.C.
: The great twisted crusade to unite the right has turned out pretty much as expected.
If something is based on a poor foundation there is little hope of it standing up.
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 Messages
from France, sixty years after "D" Day- Thursday
July 1, 2004
by: Bernard de Maussion
Mondeville, France
: When Canadian armed forces landed on Juno and Sword beach in Normandy in 1944 they
made history, many of them died but through their efforts the German occupation forces
was hurled back into the low countries. The people of France remember that sacrifice
and Bernard de Maussion has sent us eleven local newspaper clippings telling of "D"
Day celebrations last month.
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 Our
front yard- Wednesday
June 30, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : The
development of the old TUCs field seemed to be in full throttle this week as the
town installed water and sewer service into four lots on the north side of the field
while Chupa Excavation developed a parking lot on the west side of the Golden Age
Centre and the first floor of the new condominium is taking shape on the southeast
corner. There goes the neighbourhood! This story includes a QuickTime VR panorama
(400KB).
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 Lion's
Park FunZone, first day- Tuesday
June 29, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : We
all welcomed the warm weather but it was a perfect day to get the Lion's Park FunZone
activities started for another year yesterday.
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 The
Greenwater Report- Tuesday
June 29, 2004
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Grand children are graduating from high school and here are the pictures.
But there was time to get on a field trip to Candle Lake and keep tabs on pelicans
and the dredging of the marina.
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 Gravelbourg,
a fleeting impression- Tuesday
June 29, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Gravelbourg :
This is a hurried look at one of Saskatchewan's special places. A Francophone community
with its own junior college and a wealth of cultural activities that match the architecture
and meticulous landscaping.
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 Parkland
Photography Club June 2004- Tuesday
June 29, 2004
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : The photo club went off on a field trip to Candle Lake and have wrapped
up their year with some images of flowering trees.
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 Figures
in Leader- Tuesday
June 29, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Leader : On the
western edge of the Great Sand Hills is the community of leader and it is a placed
filled with eye candy.
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 Bush’s language: lies and TIT for TAT- Sunday
June 27, 2004
by : Mario deSantis
Nipawin : The
anger and disturbing direction of the United States government and the people of
that country needs to be closely watched as things go from very bad to much worse.
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Bottom Of The Page Picture
of the Day
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This little guy is four months, and he has a pretty smart outfit.
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