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					        Water Treatment Plant making progress    FridaySeptember 8, 2006
 by : Timothy W. Shire
 Tisdale : Not the kind of spectacular project that was anticipated the buidling of the new water treatment plant has been a limited skilled tradesman affair that has just ambled along out there behind the trees.
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                             Bravado, Bluff or Blarney? Reform-Party Policy Visits the Senate Committee   FridaySeptember 8, 2006
 by : Robert Ede
 Thornhill, Ontario  : Prime Minister Harper and his former Reform/Alliance government seem to have a very poor understanding of both the present constitution and how changes might correctly be made to the system. Mr. Ede attempts to set them straight on the finer points of Canadian constitutional law.
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         First Paint   FridaySeptember 8, 2006
 by : Timothy W. Shire
 Tisdale : The trees are once again turning colour, here are some pictures of the process and some thoughts on what it could mean to us.
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         Big Truck: Perkins   ThursdaySeptember 7, 2006
 by : Timothy W. Shire
 images by : T. shire & Jo Lukinchuk
 Tisdale : To us this 94 wheelled giant is a remarkable sight but it is just everyday stuff for the Northfield Minnesota trucking company. This sort of thing is what Perkins does, in a rather big way.
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            Taste, touch, sight, sound. . .   WednesdaySeptember 6, 2006
 by : Timothy W. Shire
 Tisdale : Reality, even awareness, taxes the very limits of our senses, each step forward in science and in art reveal vast new concepts we had never ever considered before.
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         Busy little intersection: part 2   TuesdaySeptember 5, 2006
 by : Shawn Ratushniak
 video by: T. Shire
 Tisdale : And then some, Shawn works within constant sight of the junction of the two highways and jotted down notes on the traffic one day, this will surprise you. This story also includes another ten minutes of corner traffic condensed to thirty seconds.
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         Busy little intersection   MondaySeptember 4, 2006
 by : Timothy W. Shire
 Tisdale : While waiting to catch a moving picture of a big truck I shot a short ten minute video of the intersection of highways 3 and 35. That video is pretty revealing and is part of this story.
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         The Greenwater Report  MondaySeptember 4, 2006
 by : Gerald Crawford
 Greenwater Provincial Park  : More on the Crawford's recent trip to Alberta as we catch up on friends and family.
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         Little publicized knots in the softwood deal  ThursdayAugust 31, 2006
 by : Joe Hueglin
 Niagara Falls, ON  : The Harper government wants to pass the deal it has made with its friends to the south, but hold on, its not all that simple a deal.
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         Its piling up again  WednesdayAugust 30, 2006
 by : Timothy W. Shire
 Tisdale : A Louis Dreyfus an enormous pile of wheat has accummulated over the last few days.
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         Scenes south of town  TuesdayAugust 29, 2006
 by : Timothy W. Shire
 Tisdale : Drifting down a dirt road only a mile east of highway 35 the Doghide Valley is a sumptous place if you are a cow. This is a simple photo essay of the area.
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        I mmigration committee for Tisdale   TuesdayAugust 29, 2006
 by : Timothy W. Shire
 Tisdale : No one likes committees but this one is an exception as the community now has a committee to coerdinate the integration and support for the new workers who have come to the community to work at Northern Steel.
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         Canada can't afford not to have the Wheat Board   TuesdayAugust 29, 2006
 by : Ron Watson, Glen Reimer and Harold Blodgett
 Lancer, Success and Abbey  : Members of the National Farmer's Union, District 3 present a compelling argument with facts and dollar figures that establish the reason why the Canadian Wheat Board is so important to the country.
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         Time to pull the plug on summer  MondayAugust 28, 2006
 by : Timothy W. Shire
 Tisdale : Summer is over sports fans and the swimming pool will be drained tomorrow. Dry until the Victoria Day long weekend of 2007.
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         A day for baby Jadyn   MondayAugust 28, 2006
 by : Timothy W. Shire
 Tisdale : A chronic accident for an eight month old baby brought the folks of Tisdale and surrounding communities together to raise money to help out the family of the stricken child. This story includes a short two minute video of award winning performer Codie Prevost.
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        The Greenwater Report   MondayAugust 28, 2006
 by : Gerald Crawford
 Greenwater Provincial Park  : Gerald fills us in on the activities by the businesses on this coming Labour Day weekend and provides us with some great pictures this week.
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         Minor sports registration night  MondayAugust 28, 2006
 by : Timothy W. Shire
 Tisdale : Figure skating and minor hockey parents were out Monday night to get their children into these winter sports activities.
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         1963 Ford Falcon  FridayAugust 25, 2006
 by : Timothy W. Shire
 Tisdale : Though considered a compact (meaning small) car at the time Ford introduced the Falcon to compete with GM's Corvair and the Chrysler Valiant. Today the trustly little Falcon looks like most other cars on the road today.
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         I have it figured out  ThursdayAugust 24, 2006
 by : Kevin McIntyre
 Carrot River  : How about a Pepsi and some greasy fries, or better yet a nice bag of Doritos , or maybe some Kraft Dinner with extra melted cheese food slices? Time to wise up fat folks, what we eat may taste good but its killing us. Kevin has some powerful advice and he is deadly serious.
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         Waldsea Regional Park  WednesdayAugust 23, 2006
 by : Timothy W. Shire
 images by: Judy and Timothy Shire
 Humboldt : Our camping for this summer is over but our taste for Saskatchewan's Regional parks has only been stimulated as we want to see and experience more. Here is what we thought about the lake park a few miles from Humboldt.
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