Wednesday, July 11, 2007 Ensign Front Page Volume 11, No. 39

Air Tractor 502B

Wednesday
July 11, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Big bird is now a farmer. This is a Canadian Pratt and Whitney PT-6 equipped version of the popular agricultural spray plane.

Progress

Tuesday
July 10, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Though often difficult to measure, we sometimes mistake change as a form of progress and sometimes what looks like progress is actually a negative movement.

The Greenwater Report

Monday
July 9, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Things are busy at the park with lots of visitors and loads of business for the concessions. Gerald explains some of the problems of water levels for Marean and Greenwater Lakes. Paving due for late summer and a special breakfast and auction at Marean this coming weekend.

Daryl Werth

Saturday
July 7, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: One of Tisdale's leading contractors, Daryl Werth died this past week and his funeral is on Monday at Baron's funeral chapel.

. . . rose coloured glasses . . .

Thursday
July 5, 2007
by: Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls : The prime minister things that Canada is more unified than in the past 40 years. One wonders just what sort of information would bring him to that conclusions because it surely is not a realistic view of things.

Prime Minister Harper has committed Canada to war for two years beyond the current UN Mandate

Thursday
July 5, 2007
by: Eugene Parks
Victoria B.C. : Canada is a lawful country and has engaged in this foreign adventure under a mandate from the United Nations. What we need to know is why is the reason for the mission some how becoming clouded with the fog of war.

The case of the laughing moose

Wednesday
July 4, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Only a few miles south of Tisdale Friday afternoon this gentle creature was enjoying a refreshing snack in his very own swamp and completely ignored us as we stopped to view his progress.

The Greenwater report

Wednesday
July 4, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Back from their RV trip to the states the Crawfords were to grad in Hudson's Bay give us a crop report and give us the skinny on fishing at the park.

You know, I think it's summer

Thursday
June 28, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: TMSS graduation today, schools are closing, the campers are being packed, the sun is shining and everyone is beginning to feel like summer. This story has a QuickTime slideshow of some of the scenes from today.

Canola begins to bloom

Wednesday
June 27, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Despite cool temperatures and delayed planting the first planted canola crops are ready to show their colour.

Me and my shadow

Wednesday
June 27, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: A rambling discussion about this and that with several QuickTime tunes to keep you going.

European Union treaties and the affects on the Commonwealth

Tuesday
June 26, 2007
by: Philip Benwell BME
Double Bay, NSW, Australia : The United Kingdom has entered into various treaties with the European Union that clearly infringe on the sovereignty of the Kingdom and its subjects including Her Royal Majesty. Should we as Canadians or Australians be concerned about what this does to our constitutions?

Big sale scheduled for tomorrow

Monday
June 25, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Schapansky Auctions have a full yard of farm equipment, boats, campers, cars, trucks and loads of new and used stuff of all kinds ready for tomorrow's sale.

The Greenwater report

Monday
June 25, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Deadwood South Dakota : The tour continues as they spend time at Yellowstone then make their way over a high pass eventually getting to South Dakota. Tiring at times and the AC has quit but spirits are right up there.

Salvation Army thrift shop moves

Monday
June 25, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Across the street and south half a block is a short journey and the Thrift shop held its grand opening this morning with coffee and muffins to celebrate their new more compact location.

Phase 4 in high gear

Saturday
June 23, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Contractors, the town crew and tradesmen have been on the job for a week and the project is truly shaping up quickly. Here are twelve pictures of the process.

Hot tin roof

Friday
June 22, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Tisdale house was destroyed in a fire this morning with no injury or lose of life. All emergency services sprang into action to handle the fire in the safest and most appropriate manner.

Provincial Tennis contenders, 1955-56

Friday
June 22, 2007
by: Ken Styan
Tisdale: Ken Styan discovered that back in the 1950s Tisdale's high school had provincial level tennis players.

Its time to go

Friday
June 22, 2007
by: William Dascavich
Edmonton: The conflict in Afghanistan is widening almost on a daily basis and the people of the country see our forces as occupation and enemy soldiers in their land. There is no sane hope of the situation improving.

Truth and the Canadian Wheat Board

Friday
June 22, 2007
by: Joyce Neufeld
Waldeck: Ms. Neufeld outlines the methods and activities of the Minister and his parliamentary secretary to damage and destroy the Canadian Wheat Board all the while declaring everyone who supports the board to be "liars".

Official opening of new tennis courts

Thursday
June 21, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: What an auspicious day to officially open the new tennis court facilities just east of Tisdale's outdoor skating rink.

Public Safety Minister ignorant of realities in Afghanistan

Thursday
June 21, 2007
by: Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls : The Canadian government either is poorly informed or unable to make sense out of the reports coming from news and intelligence agencies. NATO is not winning the war and the evidence reported in this story suggests that the tide has turned in favour of the Taliban.

RBC celebrates National Aboriginal Day

Thursday
June 21, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Not only is today the first day of summer but throughout the country there are celebrations as a part of National Aboriginal Day in Tisdale this is the form it took.

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