Thursday, March 2, 2006 Ensign Front Page Volume 9, No. 81

Urban Crisis

Wednesday
March 1 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Winnipeg : While making a video in Winnipeg last Tuesday the realisation that a huge part of that city is a mess prompted this writer to wonder why conditions there and in other prairie cities seems to be going down hill.

 

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Today In Ensign
Timothy W. Shire - Urban Crisis David Orchard - Harper goes to Ottawa Edwin Wallace - Donkey Power Henry Neufeld - Wheat Board
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Mr. Harper goes to Ottawa

Wednesday
March 1, 2006
by : David Orchard
Borden : Mr. Orchard explains how Stephen harpoer has come t be Canada's Prime Minister and how former Vice President Albert Gore sugguests he had a little help from his oil friends.

 

Donkey power at Success

Wednesday
March 1, 2006
by : Edwin Wallace
Success : Edwin has a shop made from bails, heats it with synthetic natural gas he makes from wood chips and now he has a home made wind generation system nearing completion.

Emasculated Canadian Wheat Board

Wednesday
March 1, 2006
by : Henry Neufeld
Waldeck : Edwin has a shop made from bails, heats it with synthetic natural gas he makes from wood chips and now he has a home made wind generation system nearing completion

 

FTLComm's new site

Tuesday
February 28 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Faster Than Light Communications' web site needed to be renewed so it was a good opportunity to give Apple's new iWeb a work out. This story gives a bit of a review of the software and the implications of this new kind of integrated technology.

The Greenwater Report

Tuesday
February 28 , 2006
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Outstanding images of park deer in this week's report and the low down on the snow mobile trails groomed by Porcupine Plain and Kelvington clubs.

Confusion on priority priority

Tuesday
February 28 , 2006
by : Dr. Phyllis Wagg
West Bay, Nova Scotia : What's this about fiscal imbalance not mentioned during the election campaign, perhaps Quebec has other ideas.

The Greenwater Report

Tuesday
February 21 , 2006
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : This week an update on birds around the park and an amazing story about Rita the moose.

Cross Country RV Tours

Thursday
February 16 , 2006
by : Timothy W. shire
Melfort : New web site on caravan touring. Bill and Anne Robb are getting ready for this coming season of travel adventure, north to Alaska.

7 - 11 a winner

Thursday
February 16 , 2006
by : Timothy W. shire
Tisdale : A short discussion on mortality with aset of pictures around La Ronge. No need to read the story, the pictures tell us what we need to know.

Where not to do lunch

Thursday
February 16 , 2006
by : Timothy W. shire
Prince Albert : A short discussion on mortality with aset of pictures around La Ronge. No need to read the story, the pictures tell us what we need to know.

Cranberry Air

Thursday
February 16 , 2006
by : Timothy W. shire
Tisdale : Arctic air engulfs a chilly aircraft parked in the harsh morning light at Tisdale's airport.

the meaning of life and death

Wednesday
February 15 , 2005
by : Timothy W. shire
Lac LaRonge : A short discussion on mortality with aset of pictures around La Ronge. No need to read the story, the pictures tell us what we need to know.

The First Great Scandal of the Harper Alliance Conservatives

Wednesday
February 15 , 2006
by : Brian Marlatt
Victoria, BC : Claiming to be a dedicated Liberal David Emerson won his seat and promptly accepted a job in the Conservative government cabinet.

That winter look

Tuesday
February 14 , 2006
by : Timothy W. shire
Lac LaRonge : This is a picture essay of the scene Sunday afternoon and includes a short video clip and a QuickTime panorama VR.

The Greenwater Report

Wednesday
February 14 , 2006
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Trips to Saskatoon, Kelvinton and Wadena all part of last week for the travelling Crawfords. Bad roads, more snow and ditch stories.

The Greenwater Report

Wednesday
February 8 , 2006
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Snow mobile fund raising and a fishing story for this week's report.

The Honourable choice

Wednesday
February 8 , 2006
by : David Casper
Victoria, BC : Claiming to be a dedicated Liberal David Emerson won his seat and promptly accepted a job in the Conservative government cabinet.

What's this cartoon story about?

Wednesday
February 8 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : This story and its extensive list of references tries to make sense of the senseless series of riots and deaths in the Middle East over twelve cartoons published in September in a Danish newspaper. You can see the cartoons as there is a reference to them in the story.

The Greenwater Report

Friday
February 3 , 2006
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Tales of ice fishing, moose hitting and kids skating. The winter moves along even though at a pretty mild pace.

Part time workers

Friday
February 3 , 2006
by : Henry Neufeld
Waldeck : The Saskatchewan party and Chamber of Commerce forced the provincial government to withdraw its attempt to limit large corporations hiring part time workers now Safeway boasts as it replaces experience workers with 300 part time workers to pay lower wages.

Parkland Photography club

Tuesday
January 31, 2006
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Lots of competitions to keep the photographers working on new projects and new techniques. This month's pictures are on the theme "wheels."

deHavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

Thursday
January 26, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
La Ronge : The classic bush plane equally performs on wheels, floats or on skiis

LaRonge, January 2006

Wednesday
January 25, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
La Ronge : In this extremely mild winter it was interesting to visit this remarkable northern Saskatchewan community and in twenty pictures attempt to give you some sense of what it is like there .

The Greenwater Report

Wednesday,
January 25, 2006
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Warm winter interrupted only briefly as the Crawfords were off to Saskatoon for a short visit. The news is that there is a lot of open water around the park on the skidoo trails and ice fishing isn't all that bad.

The Greenwater Report

Wednesday
January 18, 2005
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Cross country snowmobile events are underway and Gerald tells us about the skating rink set up at the park. Meanwhile a family member's knee replacement surgery has been posponed.

Harper does not seem to understand

Wednesday
January 18 , 2006
by : John Anderson
Ottawa : With only days left in the federal election campaign Stephen Harper leader of the Conservatives is already backtracking on some of his promises as the polls show him in a possible majority situation and of course, that changes everything.

"Who will speak for Canada?"

Wednesday
January 18 , 2006
by : David ordard
Borden : David Orchard warns voters in his riding of the treachery of Stephen Harper and his fellow "so-called" conservatives who he claims are unlikely to change their spots if elected as he endorses Liberal Chris Axeworthy.

Stephen Harper's evolution: style or substance

Wednesday
January 18 , 2006
by : Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls : You can clean somebody u,p but inside they will still be the same person we learned to know and dislike before.

Decision 2006

Friday
January 13 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : My mulling over of the issues in this federal election are really just that, my problem. So, if it doesn't interest you, no problem, check out the pictures of what Tisdale area is like on this fine sunny Friday the 13th.

Brian Fitzpatrick, in his own words

Thursday
January 12 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Here is a video clip of Conservative candidate Brian Fitzpatrick. We have invited the Liberal and NDP candidates to make a clip but so far they have not made themselves available.

 

The Greenwater Report

Thursday
January 12, 2006
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Rather unwinter-like weather has our man at Greenwater purturbed but he has time to work in a tall tale about moose hunting.

Curves

Wednesday
January 11 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : A new business opened Monday offering women an exercise and diet programme.

The clearness of the morning

Friday
January 6 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Some Wednesday morning images and thoughts that went with them.

2006 a tangled year

Saturday
December 31, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : This year's New Year's predictions. The year of more troubled weather and a continued rise in the Canadian dollar.

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