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- Greenwater Report
- Tuesday
November 5, 2002
Winter has come to the park and Gerald Crawford is adjusting as usual as he bring
us up to date and happening there and the sad loss of the former owner of the Cove.
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Today In Ensign
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- Greenwater Report
- Krugman's understanding
- Not in mandate - Joyce Neufeld
- A & W opens today
- Agri-business undermines CWB
- Banning terrorist groups a start
- If this is justice, just call me Buford
Tomorrow in Ensign
- Public Safety Act C-17
- Responsibility to Canada's Military |
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- A year ago today, story 2, story 3,
- story 4 and story 5
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- Two years ago today, story 2, story 3,
- story 4 and story 5
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- Three years ago today
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- Four years ago today
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Past Weeks
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Oct.
27 to Nov. 2
October
20 to 26
October
13 to 19
October
6 to 12
Sept. 29 to Oct. 5
September
22 to 28
September
15 to 21
September
8 to 14
September
1 to 7
August
25 to 31
August
18 to 24
August
11 to 17
August
4 to 10
July
28 to August 3
July
21 to 27
July
14 to 20
July
7 to 13
June
30 to July 6
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Table
of Contents
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Ensign's Index - Partial
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Contributor's Index -
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Find
out about the contributors to Ensign and the article index of each.
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Tim's Tip
of the Day
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There are two things we cyberfolks must never ever go cheap on.
The chair we sit in and the monitor we view.
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Ensign Notes
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Nothing I could do about it, Ensign did not post Monday as I reluctantly
had to spend the day in bed, ugly sore throat and fever, feeling better today.
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- Paul Krugman's understanding of irrationality
Let's cast our vote: America's future depends on your irrationality
- Tuesday
November 5, 2002
Mario deSantis calls our attention to New York Times columnist and noted economist
Paul Krugman who voices his concern about the extremely low voter turn out in US
elections and why that is the case.
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- Not in mandate!
- Tuesday
November 5, 2002
The Canadian Wheat Board directors elections are now in progress, Joyce Neufeld of
Waldeck reminds everyone of the oddity this past summer when the wheat growers association
rejected help from the Wheat board to move feed to Western Cattle producers.
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- A & W opens today
- Tuesday
November 5, 2002
The fast food giant has its doors open and lots of customers parked on the pavement
and ordered up their burgers and root beer and every single one as asked if they
wanted fries with their order. They ordered fries you can bet the waiter tried to
sell them something else, after all its what they do.
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- Agri-business undermines Canadian Wheat
Board
- Tuesday
November 5, 2002
Canola growers, former politicians, former director of UGG all seeking office as
directors of the Canadian Wheat Board all claiming to represent farmer's real needs.
They are members of CARE a big business financed organisation set up to wreck the
Wheat Board and the work it does. Henry Neufeld of Waldeck clues us in on this remarkable
take over attempt.
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- Banning terrorist
groups a start
- Tuesday
November 5, 2002
Mike Reilly believes that Canada's failure to ban Hezbollah and hold up its end in
defence of North America is justification for the American lack of manners.
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- If This Is Justice,
Then Just Call Me Buford
- Tuesday
November 5, 2002
Ron Thornton does not share the Supreme Court of Canada's opinion that federal convicts
should enjoy the right to vote.
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- Melville wins Provincial semi-final 35
to 7
- Sunday
November 3, 2002
A monster crowd on hand with supporters of both teams out to cheer their teams as
Melville dominated play to win.
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- So Edwin, How Does the Canadian Wheat Board work?
- Sunday
November 3, 2002
To hear Ralph Klien and others you would think some horrible fascist state system
were in play with Alberta growers electing to serve jail time for exporting grain
with out a permit. Edwin Wallace runs through the process so we can understand how
the Wheat Board works.
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- Poppy Day in Tisdale
- Saturday
November 2, 2002
The Tisdale Air Cadets are looking after this year's poppy drive in Tisdale downtown
and at the mall.
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- Dehy turnaround
- Saturday
November 2, 2002
Pulling the bad crop into pellets was an excellent example of flexibility and resourcefullness
benefitting both the dehydration company and farmers a like.
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- Warm enough for windows
- Saturday
November 2, 2002
After two weeks of prolonged miserable weather the sun came out and the temperature
almost rose above freezing for an hour or two Friday afternoon.
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- Mr. Manley goes
to Halifax: The taxpayers reality check
- Saturday
November 2, 2002
Walter Robinson of the Canadian Taxpayer's Federation brings the facts to compare
with what Finance Minister John Manley told the Finance Committee on Wednesday. It
seems the man was painting with a pretty broad brush.
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- A solution for Canada's health care? Reduce
the financial disparity between the rich and the poor
- Saturday
November 2, 2002
Mario deSantis reveals a secret we should think very carefully about. Public universal
health care will only be as good and fair as the society in which it is found.
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- Halloween 2002
- Friday
October 31, 2002
Lonely, that's how I would describe this halloween.Grateful for two visitors.
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- The Vinyl Cafe Live
- Friday
November 1, 2002
Michael Townsend had a chance Wednesday to see one of the great Canadian humourists
of this era, CBC radio personality Stuart McLean. Mike gives us his impression of
the live show.
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- The right to vote
- Friday
November 1, 2002
Christine Whitaker of Edgeley objects to the idea of residents of Canada's federal
penitentuaries having the right to vote.
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- Peddlers
- Friday
November 1, 2002
They come and go almost timeless, no matter what era we live in there seems to be
room in the marketplace for the itinerant peddler.
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- Who is right in the proposed health care
changes?
Commissioner Romanow or Senator Kirby?
- Thursday
October 31, 2002
Canadians repeatedly identify two issues as the most important ones, the state of
medicare in the country and the environment. Mario deSantis points out that the underlying
premise of the economic structure could be at the root of the troubles. You figure
out what the pig is.
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- Government spending
priorities
- Thursday
October 31, 2002
Rebecca Gingrich considered Ron Thornton's article earlier this week and suggests
that the fired cabinet ministers are in a way accomplices to the bad use of public
money. She also sheds some line on Svend Robinson.
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- Disgruntled passage: the
rebellion of youth
- Wednesday
October 30, 2002
Every teenager enters a period in their life where they resent the responsibility
being thrust upon them by their advancing age. Some never get beyond that point.
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- Carrot River's new web site
- Wednesday
October 30, 2002
Kevin and Sandra McIntyre have just completed a super Carrot River web site with
loads of information and the potential to grow.
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- Warm fuzzy words and taxes
- Wednesday
October 30, 2002
Rebecca Gingrich wrote her comments on the Liberal government's tendencies with the
economy before Mr. Manley made his speech today but her comments clearly indicate
some concern and discontent with the use of tax money.
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- Kyoto Accord:
An act of faith!
- Wednesday
October 30, 2002
Joe Hueglin makes a reasonable argument for have doubts about proceeding with the
Kyoto Accord and he is not alone. Wouldn't everyone like to know what the future
holds for us all?
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