Friday, March 24, 2006 Ensign Front Page Volume 9, No. 90

Jordan Spreader

Thursday
March 23, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: When comes to snow removal on the railway we think of snowplows and snow blowers but the standard tool for the job is a Jordan spreader

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.Happenings In Tisdale:

Springing

Tuesday
March 23, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Cabin Fever is a real thing and so is the feeling that come with these longer and longer days as the snow soaks up the energy and the puddles begin to form.

 

laRonge winter festival

Tuesday
March 21, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
laRonge: As the days stretch out winter is behind us for another year and in laRonge this weekend it was time celebrate the winter with contests and fun.

 

The Greenwater Report

Tuesday
March 21, 2006
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Gerald and Doreen have been off to Reno and this week's reports shares the trip with us.

St. Patrick's blow

Friday
March 17, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: This is the storm season for Saskatchewan and today it was just a normal stormy day. Fortunately the temperature was not really down there to make it a true killer storm.

Gifts and Gadgets opens in the Tisdale Mall

Thursday
March 16, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Rick Sawatzky has renamed the former Dollar Store, Gifts and Gadgets and opened for business Monday. This is a welcomed addition to the Tisdale Mall and brings with it a Lottery Kiosk to serve mall shoppers once more.

Canadian Wheat Board or Cargill?

Thursday
March 16, 2006
by : Joyce Neufeld
Waldeck: Harper’s government is moving rapidly to destroy the Canadian Wheat Board and prairie farmers most of whom voted for the Conservatives are extremely divided over this issue.

To much snow

Thursday
March 16, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Many people are wisely clearing the build up of ice and snow from their buildings but some have already exceeded their tolerance.

Canada in Afghanistan

Thursday
March 16, 2006
by : Joe Heuglin
Niagara Fallsi: The discussion about what Canada is doing in Afghanistan is hardly over but has really only begun as Mr. Hueglin points out the confounding circumstances under which this expedition is being conducted.

Swizlestix

Thursday
March 8 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : A new hairstyleing and cosmetics salon has opened in Tisdale with its new owner Jill Carleton, and associates, Lana Amundson and Amanda Reynolds.

Foot long for $2.99 ???

Thursday
March 8 , 2006
by : Jack Rusick
Saskatoon : Concerned about false advertising Mr. Rusick makes a valid point about problems with QuickTime on this web site and there is an Editor's response to the problem.

Article "Harper's Eleven" in MACLEAN'S errors

Thursday
March 8 , 2006
by : Michael Watkins
Vancouver : Macleans magazine says that people really are not outraged at the appointment of Vancouver Liberal, David Emerson to the Harper cabinet. But Mr. Watkins does not agree and he has the polling numbers to show how upstep Vancouver voters are.

Ethics and 'honour'

Thursday
March 8 , 2006
by : Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls : Macleans magazine says that people really are not outraged at the appointment of Vancouver Liberal, David Emerson to the Harper cabinet. But Mr. Watkins does not agree and he has the polling numbers to show how upstep Vancouver voters are.

Frosty Friday

Wednesday
March 8 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Fog south of Tisdale and around Naicam decorated the trees and the countryside in a way that only water vapour and freezing temperatures can produce.

Parkland Photography Club february Meeting

Wednesday
March 8 , 2006
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Regular readers of this site know that the search is on for an excellent place for lunch and after considerable testing and thought the verdict is in. Gus wins.

Do lunch at Mr. Ribs

Tuesday
March 7 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Regular readers of this site know that the search is on for an excellent place for lunch and after considerable testing and thought the verdict is in. Gus wins.

The Greenwater Report

Tuesday
March 7, 2006
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Lots of snow to blow as the park becomes the snowmobiling mecca of the province. A few tails from coffee row and a shiner on the side.

Is it a lie if there's fine print?

Tuesday
March 7 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Any footlong sandwich $2.99, no that's not the case its just a lie, its advertising and Subway is no longer an eating option for me.

SHSAA Girls and Mixed Curling Championship

Thursday
March 2 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Thirty-two teams from all parts of the province are in Tisdale this week to establish a high school championship girls and mixed curling teams. This story includes includes linsk to the schedule, draw, results, participating teams and pictures of the play this afternoon.

By the nose and down the garden path

Thursday
March 2 , 2006
by : Marjaleena Repo
Saskatoon : While setting out to re-align Canada with US foreign and defence policy without working those issues out in public the new government has made a big deal out of its first major appointment with a fake hearing for the newly appointed Justice Marshall Rothstein to the Supreme Court.

 

 

I think this would be considered a snow storm

Thursday
March 2 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Plop, we got almost a foot of snow over night and all day long a little bit extra was added to the piles that covered up driveways, walks and streets. Here are some picture to tell that story.

Maybe, just maybe?

Thursday
March 2 , 2006
by : Brad Thomson
Ottawa : Now this is a stretch, Brad Thomson suggests a cute trick is being played with Ralph Klein's " third way " programme for healthcare. Brad forgets that both of these guys are Albertans.

 

 

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.

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.

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