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The first snow: Tuesday
October 26, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
: Tisdale: It began late yesterday and by this morning the ground was covered with between four and six inches of very wet snow. The snow kept falling through out the day letting up only when darkness came but the wind which had been busy in the morning kept up its pace throughout the day blocking east west roads and making all driving very difficult.

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Today in Ensign years past
2009 - Greenwater report
2008 - This is John Deere country and August 1.7 billion deficit
2007 - There's an edge on that wind today
2006 - New Trojan Jordan Oysterick and CBC scores with outstanding news magazine show
2005 - So you want to be happy and a Greenwater report
2004 - Flea market brings out the talented and the clever
2003 - Mark Pitzel, Fiding Nemo, restructuring and conventional economics and first snow of the season
2002 - Ice fog and four wheel drive, Sask government and computer stuff and Parkland photo club
2001 - Poppy days, aftermath of September 11, house 11, I couldn't disagree more, free market and pharmaceutical drugs and two in one
2000 - Tough right to the last piece of concrete, choice for November 27 and what is democracy
1999 - Tucking i n the clay, U of S Synchroton and Ghosts aglow
1998 - Need of transformational changes in Saskatchewan health care
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Many feel that the attachment some people have to possessions, often meaningless ones is something of an obsession with materialism. Though that is a possibility is far more a part of being human and enjoying estheticly some objects which show the uniqueness of the humans who have created those objects. (Click on thumb nail to see full size.)
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Family operated farm to be featured on TV A Nipawin family have come up with a remarkable plan for value added agriculture. They are growing and producing a unique product which has a world wide demand. More importantly their business plan and operation is model for valued agriculture.
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le palace de versailles: Tuesday
October 26, 2010
by: Michael Townsend
: Versailles, France: This is the third in a series of photo essays that give us the opportunity to see the sights of France. Today's adventure takes us to the fabulous palace well away from Paris where Louis XIV considered to have been an excellent monach, ruled his kingdom. Louis VVI lived at Versailles with his family until the revolution August 10 1792 they were taken from this magnificient place to prison and then the guillotine.

House fourteen: Wednesday
October 20, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
: Tisdale: There have been some delays in the progress of this house. It is constructed on a concrete basement on the corner of Forester and Newmarket and was begun September 1. It has an interesting use of the corner lot by not making the garage a part of the house and placing it in was will be the back yard of the lot.

Eiffel tower and Seine boat tour: Wednesday
October 20, 2010
by: Michael Townsend
: Paris, France: This is the second in a series of photo essays that take us through Paris. This day's adventure takes us to the Eiffel Tower then through the centre of Paris on the Seine River on a boat tour. Michael has recorded some of Paris' most important and iconic scenes in this 103 pictures in this photo essay.

The Greenwater report: Wednesday
October 20, 2010
by: Gerald Crawford
: Saskatoon: Summer is over and the Crawfords have put the motor homes to bed for the winter and celebrated Thanksgiving at Mozart. We hear a bit about harvest and coffee row and Gerald fills us in on an art show and the latest theatre presentation in Saskatoon.

Paris Auto Show: Thursday
October 14, 2010
by: Michael Townsend
: Paris, France: This year's auto show in Paris focused on "green" cars with low or zero emission and auto makers brought to the show their version of the future of automobiles. Mike Townsend was in Paris and here are ninety-eight remarakble images that give you a chance to tour the show right along with him a weeik ago today.

Sunday in Wascana Park: Wednesday
October 6, 2010
by: Matthew and Dawn Shire
: Regina: Sunday was pretty much a golden day throughout all of Saskatchewan. Matthew and Dawn Shire went with some friends and their two families to Regina's Wascana park for a picnic supper. This story has 58 pictures that celebrate the event with the water the geese and an enchanting evening.

The mystery of fall: Tuesday
October 5, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
: Tisdale: It happens every year, fall arrives and yet every year it seems remarkably different. Perhaps its the sequence, maybe its the intensity but there is a mystery in this seasonal change from summer to winter. Is it the regrets of a summer that just didn't work out or the anticipation of yet another winter. What ever it is we need to check it out both visually and in our minds.

The Greenwater report: Tuesday
October 5, 2010
by: Gerald Crawford
: Saskatoon: A great visit to the Drumheller area of Alberta with some pictures as the Crawfords wrap up their summer camping season. Gerald tells of the passing of a friend and the triumphs of Kelly Chase.

Rev. Gethin Edward: Thursday
September 30, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
: Tisdale: Tisdale's Anglican minister came to town this summer and reports that he and his wife are very happy in their new home which is more than a thousand miles from where they grew up in the Maritimes.

Fall sale at St. Matthew's Anglican Church: Thursday
September 30, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
: Tisdale: The Anglican Church's fall sale began this morning and runs all Friday 9:00 until 5:00 and on Saturday morning. There is a huge variety of items all displayed so you can browse to your heart's content.

Parkland Photography Club September meeting: Thursday
September 30, 2010
by: Darlene McCullough
: Tisdale: With three new members the photo club starts off another year as they looked into various competitions and projects while showing off this month's photo shoot dealing with the theme "shiny."

Christ Lutheran Church fall rummage sale: Thursday
September 30, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
: Tisdale: This is the largest Lutheran rummage sale I have seen with excellent items for sale and the sale continues Friday and then on Saturday morning.

Autumn's glory: Tuesday
September 28, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
: Tisdale: It was a truly spectacular fall this year but fall is a fleeting thing that doesn't last long as today's wind cleared away most of the remaining coloured leaves with only the shrubs still showing lots of colour. Here are some pictures taken this past weekend around Tisdale and at Greenwater Lake Provincial Park.

Tisdale Ambulance Care Ltd. relocates: Tuesday
September 28, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
: Tisdale: The Ambulance base for Tisdale and district has been on the corner immediately east of the north entrance to Tisdale Hospital. The time has come to expand the facilities to accommodate equipment and staff in a better and larger building. That new building is nearing completion and here are the pictures that show the building's development.

Upgrading borrow pit to trout pond: Thursday
September 22, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
: Tisdale: About a decade or more ago the borrow pit east of Tisdale on the north side of highway #3 was stocked with trout and during the summer dedicated fishing folk could be seen trying to catch one. But the fish were unsustainable and this spring the pond was pumped empty and this fall it is being modified.

Visit to Porcupine Plain: Thursday
September 22, 2010
by: Darlene McCullough
: Porcupine Plain: Tisdale and area superannuated teachers held their September meeting at the Cove at Greenwater Park then went into Porcupine Plain to tour the excellent museum.

The Greenwater report: Tuesday
September 21, 2010
by: Gerald Crawford
: Saskatoon: We haven't heard from the Crawfords since the end of August and since then they have obtained a much newer motor home and are all set to make a trip to Alberta this coming week. This report catches up on some of the friends of the Crawfords.

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Family operated farm to be featured on TV A Nipawin family have come up with a remarkable plan for value added agriculture. They are growing and producing a unique product which has a world wide demand. More importantly their business plan and operation is model for valued agriculture.

Family operated farm to be featured on TV
A Nipawin family have come up with a remarkable plan for value added agriculture. They are growing and producing a unique product which has a world wide demand. More importantly their business plan and operation is model for valued agriculture.