Friday, June 1, 2007 Ensign Front Page Volume 11, No. 10

Ride of sobriety

Friday
June 1, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: William Cole began his cross Canada journey April 15 making about sixty miles a day on his bicycle.

 

SARCAN expands

Thursday
May 31, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: The SARCAN facility has been bulging at its seams as people make use of the service and now with receiving electronic equipment the facility has to be expanded.

House number four

Thursday
May 31, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: The basement for the fourth new house this year in Tisdale has been dug and construction on it will proceed immediately.

Rose breasted grosbeak

Wednesday
May 30, 2007
by: Helen Carson
Crooked River : One of the most reliable attendents of the boreal forest, this bird and his mate were photographed by Lyle Carson.

Elk calf

Wednesday
May 30, 2007
by: Helen Carson
Crooked River : The Wapati is common to this part of Saskatchewan but few have seen newborn elk calves. Today you are in luck, Lyle Carson was able to get us a picture.

Pirates and the Wall of silence

Monday
May 28, 2007
by: Edwin Wallace
Success: While the premier seems abandoned upon a sinking ship the opposition is saying nothing about what it stands for or would should it be elected.

The Greenwater report

Monday
May 28, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Looks like it rained a bit out at the park but one red deer and a bunch of geese survived.

Parkland photography club May meeting

Friday
May 25, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Theme this month was "horses" and the club picked out their themes for the coming year.

No one is an island

Friday
May 25, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Literature and music are full of encouragement to seek out the help of others: "With a little help from my friends", "Lean on me", "Side by side" are all songs that express the common and appropriate sentiment that sharing is better than going it alone.

Prevost motor home

Thursday
May 24, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Not just an RV but the best on the wheels accomodation that money can buy.

2.5

Thursday
May 24, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: We have had five days of rain and cold temperatures. Here are some pictures and comments about the weather and what it means for farmers.

Tisdale Motor Speedway ready for 2007 season

Wednesday
May 23, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Here is the schedule for this year's motor racing season in Tisdale as things get underway this weekend.

Hay fever season

Tuesday
May 22, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Despite the cool weather the blossoms are starting to show up on trees around town and noses are running.

Back to school

Tuesday
May 22, 2007
by: William Dascavich
Edmonton: Mr. Dascavich is a former farmer and now lives in Edmonton. Today he tells us about the joys of taking some collage classes as part of Edmonton's Lifelong Learners Association.

The Greenwater Report

Monday
May 21, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : A cool Victoria day at the park with garage sales and a run down on real estate as cabins and lots are purchased but the Cove remains closed.

Harper's Handbook: "We are not amused"

Monday
May 21, 2007
by: Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls : The Canadian system of Parliamentary democracy and its reliance on committees to sort of legislation is not without its flaws but it is truly unfortunate that the government has seen fit to put in print its methods of blocking the democratic process.

Ensign posted for nine years today

Sunday
May 20, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Certainly, the editor and most readers, would never have expected this web site to still be posting nearly every day, nine years after it began in 1998.

Pool opens tomorrow

Thursday
May 17, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Everything is ready for a new season as the Tisdale swimming pool was inspected for safety this morning and will open tomorrow with a free swim.

Tourist booth and campgrounds ready for another season

Thursday
May 17, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Nine people were working flat out to trim up the campground for opening day and it will be looking outstanding as a new tourist season begins.

Partisan politician first Prime Miniser second or third

Thursday
May 17, 2007
by: Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls : It wasn't a pretty sight the Prime Minister at Petawawa to offering encouragement and support to the families and arm forces members and instead he launches into a highly partisan campaign speech. Truly unseemly behaviour.

Legacy Project: final preparations

Wednesday
May 16, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: A surveyor was on the street today marking out the modifications to main street as the town prepares for completion of this outstanding downtown upgrade.

Cumulo-fractus clouds

Wednesday
May 16, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Saturday we had showers in this part of Saskatchewan but the showers were part of a large weather system with embedded thunderheads but all that was visible were the fractus clouds.

Don Trembath

Wednesday
May 16, 2007
by: Judy Shire
LaRonge: Juvenile fiction author from Alberta visited LaRonge Public Library last week and gave a reading from his 2005 novel "Rooster".

Recycling - maybe not!

Tuesday
May 15, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Dumpster truck was seen this morning emptying the paper product boxes at SARCAN this morning makes one wonder about what is going on and why are we going to all the effort of sorting out our garbage?

The Greenwater Report

Monday
May 14, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Time for the annual greenhouse adventure as the Crawfords do the local tour and fill up the motorhome with plants. Next weekend's yard sales are on at the park and Gerald is happy the Park is evicting the geese.

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