Sunday, June 27, 2010 10:11 PM Ensign Front Page Volume 13, No. 7


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Porcupine Plain starts June 25

On highway 35 looking southeast toward Harvest Valley at 1:30 this afternoon.
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.

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Today In Ensign

Today in Ensign
years past

2009 -
2008 -  Candle Lakes's Blue Ridge Subdivision

2007 - Canola begins to bloom, and me and my shadow

2006 - Greenwater report and a galloping police state
2005 -
2004 - Bush language lies and tit for tat
2003 - Albert St bridge crash, Radwanski out of the frypan into the fire, US economic bubble and On his watch
2002 - A hot Winnipeg day ends, Parkland Photo club and sound tracks

2001 - Breaking new ground and water and sewer lines installed in basement

2000 - Patch work, waterline installation and TUC's disaster area

1999 - What is a child and sculptures with wheels

1998 - Start your engines, storm clouds and TMSS Grad 98

Tim's Tip of the Day

Because of its husk fresh corn on the cob is one of the fresh vegetables available that is safe from the affects of the many pesticides used in modern agriculture. (Click on thumb nail to see full size.

Find of the day

Canada's health care systenm better only than America's" Report
Compared to seven industrialised nations Canada's health care is only better than that of the United States but trails others like Australia, Germany and New Yealand. The many problem is primary care in Canada is poor or late while at the same time Canada's long life leads others but could falter.

Happenings In Tisdale:

  • Thursday, July 1 8:00 Pancake breakfast downtown
  • 11:00 programme at Tisdale museum
  • 2:00 New citizen's ceramony
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.
Tisdale's first week of June
Wednesday
June 2, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale: The flowers are out on the street corners, 7-11 drops Shell, air spraying gets ready for season and today Tisdale folks turn out at the Centennial Town Square for a charity lunch of hot dogs for KidSport.
Flower pots return
Wednesday
June 2, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale: They are back, the lovely pots on the downtown street corners of Tisdale are back where they belong for the summer.
7 - 11 converts from Shell to Petro-Canada
Wednesday
June 2, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale: Shell no longer has a retail outlet in Tisdale as the last Shell dealership at the 7 - 11 has switched over to Petro-Canada.
Aerial spraying ready to go
Wednesday
June 2, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale: Around eight this morning a spray plane buzzed its way to Tisdale and preparations were underway to get ready for the aerial application of chemicals.
Beeland Co-op upgrades cardlock
Wednesday
June 2, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale: Tisdale's Beeland Co-op has set about the process of overhauling and expanding the cardlock operation it developed on highway 3.
Soil and rain make for uneven seeding process
Friday
May 28, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale: All done and emerging in some areas while other places half or less in the ground. The variations in soil and the interesting uneven amount of rainfall are combining to create a wide spread in the way things are going this spring.
Fourth project a duplex
Friday
May 28, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale: This year's fourth housing project is a duplex condo unit built beside a similar one last year on the former tennis court in north side of Tisdale.
Parkland Photography club May meeting
Wednesday
May 26, 2010
by: Darlene McCullough

 
Tisdale: This month's photo outing had to be cancelled because of the rain but the club had an excellent meeting going over the monthly photo shoot and had an opportunity to work out the details on coming projects for the club.
House three ready for rafters
Tueday
May 25, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale: Immediately behind the Falkon Theatre is a new house tucked into a small lot sitting atop a cement foundation and ready for its rafters to be installed.
The Greenwater report
Tueday
May 25, 2010
by: Gerald Crawford

 
Wakaw Lake Regional Park: The motor home is on the road for a new season and this past long weekend the Crawfords and their Sunseeker pals were out at Wakaw enjoying the challenges of this year's Victoria Day weather.

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