Saturday, July 4, 2009 2:22 AM Ensign Front Page Volume 12, No. 027

Canada Day in Regina

Friday
July 3, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Regina: Progressively year after year the rather constrained Canadian is becoming more and more demonstrable when it comes to showing their patriotism. Steadily we see young Canadians showing their seniors that being proud to be a Canadian is fashionable and perfectly okay for the typically reserved nature of our citizenry.

Dominion Day Challenge, Read your country's foundational documents

Friday
July 3, 2009
by: Robert Ede
Richmond Hill Ontario: The Canadian constitution is fundamentally much more complex than what we see in the news each day and it is substantially more dynamic than the ancient 1776 document that is the basis for the government of our southern neighbours. Many of our concerns about the Canadian government are covered in the constitional documents but ignored. Check out Mr. Ede's link to the basics that establish Canadian democracy.

Oh Canada

Tuesday
June 30, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Tomorrow is what we used to call "Dominion Day" but no matter what we call it there is no question that Canadians from coast to coast to coast appreciate their country and are dedicated to preserving those things that make this a great place to live and enjoy our days together. But all is not sweetness and light and we need to be on our guard to stand up for what we know to be Canadian and Canadian values.

Greenwater report

Monday
June 29, 2009
by: Gerald Crawford
Eagle Creek: The Crawfords are getting the use of their motor home this summer and this week's report comes from the Eagle Creek Regional Park near Asquith. But, the itinerary is building up as plans to go to Kelliher, Kelvington, Greenwater, Watrous and on to Manitoba are all in the works.

Promising, rain and hope

Thursday
June 25, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Things were looking pretty glum for Saskatchewan's primary industry. Dust bowl conditions and frozen pastures but then we got some rain and the countryside has turn a righteous green. But there is more to consider then just the weather and that's looking up as well.

KidSport hot dog sale

Thursday
June 25, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: KidSport is one of those outstanind projects in the community where the fund provides registration money for kids and their families so that every child has the oportunity to take part in organised sports and recreational programming.

Overwhelmed by our own helplessness

Wednesday
June 24, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: That storm cloud today was turned out to be fairly mild but the power of a storm compells our attention as do the events overseas, just as the woes of our economy seem to be insurmountable. This story has a second story with some suggestions.

Hell bent on an election

Wednesday
June 24, 2009
by: Eugene Parks
Victoria British columbia: Bar-b-ques, photo-ops, from now til mid September as Canada's federal politicians gear up for an inevitable fall election. This could be a really long summer.

Tri-Unity Challenge

Wednesday
June 24, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Carrot River: For competitive and recreational walkers and runners, here is an oustanding event planned for mid August. Find out about this first annual walk/run planned for the morning of August 15th at Pasquia Regional Park.

Monster sale tomorrow

Tuesday
June 23, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: The Schapansky yard is full and then some with a huge range of products for Wednesday's big sale. Though intended as a haying and harvest equipment sale this one has the works from Semi tractors, to graders to a whole fleet of fishing boats and campers.

1931 Model A runabout

Monday
June 22, 2009
by: R. W. Shire
Moosomin: The Ford motor company has over the years made some very popular cars. The "T" was a legend but some versions of the model "A" were the equivalent of the Mustange of their day and like the pony still roll around towns and cities across the continent.

The Greenwater report

Monday
June 22, 2009
by: Gerald Crawford
Saskatoon: From driving in the rain to family get togethers this week's report tells us about the improvements to highway #41 and a television programme about the decline of rural Saskatchewan.

Airport breakfast

Monday
June 22, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Tisdale Aviation Associations annual breakfast and fly-in was on Sunday morning and there was a good crowd on hand right at 8:30 for eggs, sausage and hashbrowns.

Western Commodities Trading Inc.

Friday
June 19, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: This company has been operating in Tisdale for almost a year now. They are busy rounding up cattle feed as the drought has really hit the cattle business with poor pasture conditions.

A helping hand to unemployed Canadian workers - Now!

Friday
June 19, 2009
by: Hon. Sinclair Stevens
Newmarket Ontario: Thoug there is talk of the recession showing signs of recovery the unemployment situation will continue to worsen even after a real recovery begins. Canadians and the Canadian economy is suffering because of the lose of jobs and with Employment Insurance we have the means to provide relief and we need to this far more than pump money into the ownership of General Motors. The Honourable Sinclair Stevens is the leader of the Progressive Canadian Party and servered for many years as a cabinet minister during the Mulroney government.

Superannuated teacher outing to Melfort

Thursday
June 18, 2009
by: Darlene McCullough
Melfort: Tisdale Superannuated teachers association had their final meeing and outing for this school year in Melfort and toured the museum. This story includes a forty picture slide show of the Melfort Museum as it appeared on Monday for this week.

EI Account shorted $13 billion

Thursday
June 18, 2009
by: Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls Ontario: When Paul Martin was running Canada's finances he increeased the qualifications and reduced benefits because of the tight money but thereafter the whole programme built up a huge surplus. The government simply grabbed that money and now in a recession they do not have the money to put into fair and equal treatment for all unemployed Canadians.

House number twelve

Tuesday
June 16, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Begun on June 2nd, this house just south of the CN tracks on the southwest corner of town was fully standing yesterday and today the interior walls were all set in place. Meanwhile house nine has its garage and work on its second story and house eight had its rafters in place today. The pace of construction in Tisdale is not slowing one bit as there are more projects awaiting their beginnings.

Parrish & Heimbecker making progress

Tuesday
June 16, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: There is still a lot of construction to go at Tisdale's newest inland terminal and the latest addition to the company's grain handling facilities. Today some of their executives visited the Tisdale terminal as the concrete portion of the terminal is now standing with the distribution system being installed on top.

The Greenwater report

Monday
June 15, 2009
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Lake Provincial Park: This is a vintage Greenwater report as the Crawfords have been camping spended a few days at the park then on to Nipawin. This report includes some serious discussions about mercury levels in fish from Marean Lake and other coffee row words of confounding wisdom. There is also a report on Logan's birthday party and the huge Good Sam Samboree at Nipawin.

Children's Festival gets community support

Monday
June 15, 2009
Images by: Darlene McCullough and Mary Wright
Tisdale: This year's Festival was held on Friday, June 12th and the Parkland Photography Club were on hand to document the event and recognise the contributions made to the festival by this year's sponsors.

Keep Canada's nuclear ploughshares

Friday
June 12, 2009
by: Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls Ontario: the Prime Minister very much on his own has decided to divide up and sell of Canada's AECL, the developer of the CANDU reactor and now the man has decided Canada is getting out of the production of medical isotopes. With a minority government and lacking a mandate from the public to do anything it would seem the prime minister is overstepping his domain a tad.

House number seven

Thursday
June 11, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: From the time a lot is cleared and digging begun until the walls go up can vary considerably from project to project. In a few day the walls for house twelve will be standing and today we tell you about the development of house number seven.

Its all about forests and trees

Tuesday
June 9, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: When considering the problem of the "bigger picture" people sometimes say that a confused individual "can't see the forest for the trees". Its an interesting problem especially when we have both the public and their government unable to figure out what is happening and we might consider that they have to many trees in their view.

Isotopes a sexy issue

Tuesday
June 9, 2009
by: Dr. Phyllis Wagg
West Bay Nova Scotia: There is the common belief that people enter public life as a way of giving back to their society. It comes as a shock to see Conservative cabinet ministers view their role as a personal thing and seem to disregard the duty they have to those who elected them and the people of the country to whom they are responsible.

Waskelly witto wabbits

Monday
June 8, 2009
by: Darlene McCullough
Tisdale: We are used to seeing the odd big Jack Rabbit dashing through the neighbourhood but lately the town has had smaller and less nervous visitors. Almost every part of town we are seeing brave rabbits usually only one at a time but on Sunday Darlene had three of these guys in her yard and they were not particularly preturbed at her being present.

The Greenwater report

Monday
June 8, 2009
by: Gerald Crawford
Saskatoon: While making the garage sale rounds Gerald happened upon some people who were closely associated with the development of Greenwater Park. Though they are experiencing some electrical difficulties the Crawfords are off for a jaunt this way visiting Tisdale, Greenwater and Nipawin this week.

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