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Tuesday, November 17, 2009 8:17 PM
Ensign
Front Page
Volume 12, No. 083 |
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Winnipeg's Santa Claus parade. Ensign did not post since last week due to trip to Winnipeg |
- Winnipeg's Santa Claus parade
- Tuesday
November 17, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Winnipeg: Darkness arrives in Winnipeg at around 4:30 in the afternoon now and Saturday's Santa Claus parade began at 5:00 so this is a night parade with lighted floats and displays. This photo essay has 56 pictures of the event
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- The Greenwater report
- Tuesday
November 10, 2009
by: Gerald Crawford
Saskatoon: A moving experience for the Crawfords on Remembrance Day and this report tells us about two theatre events they attended.
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- What they missed
- Tuesday
November 10, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Those Canadians who for what ever reason they had went off to war for their country and so many of them did not return. Not in their wildest dreams would they have conceived the sort of world we all live in today and so much of this world is what it is because of them.
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- The combines are in the fields
- Monday
November 9, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: There may be mud on the tires and it may be a little slow going but field after field today had combines working their way through the swathes that remain unharvested.
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- The Greenwater report
- Monday
November 9, 2009
by: Gerald Crawford
Saskatoon: The Crawfords bid farewell to an old friend and take us with them to a programme at Knox United Church and then to the Saskatchewan indemand show at the PrairieLand Park.
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- First Annual Tisdale Health & Wellness Fair
- Friday
November 6, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: The Energy & Vitality Centre in the Tisdale Mall is hosting a mini trade fair of sorts with speakers and various boothes exhibiting their products and services. The show ran today and all of Saturday.
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- Schapansky household auction tomorrow
- Friday
November 6, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: An auction sale of household goods begins at 9:30 Saturday morning in the Tisdale Mall. Of particular interest is a huge doll collection that will be sold in small groups.
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- Unfinished
- Thursday
November 5, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: At last it appears that no weather miracle is forthcoming and its time to accept the fact that 25% of this year's crop will not be harvested in 2009 if at all.
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- Future home of Gary's Paint & Body
- Wednesday
November 4, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: A well established Tisdale business has decided to relocated from beside Beeland Lumber to just south of the car and truck wash on the south side of the town.
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- House seventeen standing
- Monday
November 2, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: This new house is arising atop a cement basement on one of the few available lots on Forrester Crescent. It has been a difficult project with very adverse weather conditions producing mud and then working in snow.
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- Two Tisdale houses lost in fire
- Wednesday
October 28, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Some time after 2:00 AM this morning a house on 107th Ave. lit fire and was destroyed but it also set fire to the neighbour's house which was also destroyed. No one was reported injured in the fires but the two houses are completed destroyed.
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- Parkland Photography Club October meeting
- Wednesday
October 28, 2009
by: Darlene McCullough
Tisdale: New members continue to join this active club that encourages and develops the whole process of taking great pictures. This month's meeting recognised two member's achievements and celebrated their monthly contest.
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- The Greenwater report
- Monday
October 26, 2009
by: Gerald Crawford
Balzac, Albert: This week Gerald tells us about the wonders of the Cross Iron Mills mall at Balzac just north of Calgary. Be sure to check out the links on the page as they give you additional background to the mall, Bass Pro shop and the huge Race track and Racing Entertainment Centre.
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- North East HealthPlex
- Friday
October 23, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Ordinarily we try to show you projects that are real as opposed to proposals. But this one is an exception. Tisdale's history and success with doing co-operative community projects is best illustrated with the RECPlex and this project looks like the cummunity wants to build on its success with a multi-function facility based on the Tisdale hospital. This is a multi-million dollar project and you actually can assist in start up financing by visiting a web site in an effort to get a grant.
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- New motel project gets underway
- Thursday
October 22, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Excavation and preparing the property for construction began on Tuesday as Chupa Excavation and Trucking is reshaping the entire area almost from the highway south to the limit of what will become the new development. The main contractor on the project is an Alberta company Canalta and they have one man on the job supervising the digging.
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- Canada Post upgrades computer system
- Thursday
October 22, 2009
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Time marches on a computer systems need to be replaced or upgraded about every three to five years. Today it was Tisdale's Post Office's turn to get their system upgraded as the office was closed until 3:00 this afternoon.
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- Provincial STS vice-president visits Tisdale superannuates
- Wednesday
October 21, 2009
by: Darlene McCullough
Tisdale: With 92 members the local chapter of Superannuated Teachers of Saskatchewan is one of the larger organisations in the community. This month's meeting was a potluck lunch on Monday with their special guest, the vice president of the provincvial organisation speaking to the group highlighting some important issues for various services and programmes for superannuated teacher.
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- Ideological inaction
- Wednesday
October 21, 2009
by: Shane Mussche
Hamilton, Ontario: In an effort to stave off the affects of the recession the federal government has been funding a lot of what seem pretty much like pork barrel projects in their member's ridings, even presenting cheques signed by the MP with a Conservative logo. The medical isotope production facility at Chalk River was underfunded and support by the government has ended as an attempt to privatise the project also failed. Makes one wonder.
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