Wednesday, September 5, 2007 Ensign Front Page Volume 11, No. 78

House ten

Wednesday
September 5, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: This new basement, water and sewer service was installed yesterday as the building boom of 2007 continues in Tisdale with many more to come.

Barron family cairn

Wednesday
September 5, 2007
by: Wayne McIntyre
Tisdale: More family history can be found in the countryside as Mr. McIntyre tells us about the Barron family cairn commemorating the donation of land the the Wildlife Federation.

The Greenwater report

Tuesday
September 4, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Lake Provincial Park: Gerald brings us up to date on the progress of this year's harvest and improvements to the rural highways that stretch from the Park to Saskatoon and back. Its the end of the summer season but the Cove has re-opened and the beach cafe has closed for the season.

100 years

Friday
August 31, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Over a month ago this cairn was erected by the Messer family recognising their roots here in Tisdale for a full century.

House number nine

Friday
August 31, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: The demand for housing Tisdale continues as a lot that had an older small house on it is getting its services today in preparation for immediate construction.

Steven Truscott

Friday
August 31, 2007
by: John Anderson
Ottawa: The courts have issued an acquittal of his conviction back in 1959 for the rape and murder of his teenage friend Lynne Harper. Mr. Anderson is concerned that part of the miscarriage of justice occurs because of a serious flaw in the system.

Minor sports registration

Thursday
August 30, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: While parent fill out the forms the young and old alike enjoy getting back on the ice and enjoying the freedom of skating and the joy of social interaction.

Community checkup

Thursday
August 30, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: There's a dandy of a crop out there and the weather has turned toward the positive, things are looking good. That's what we did today we looked around and have some pictures to show you.

Football season begins with exhibition double-header

Thursday
August 30, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: A perfect afternoon for high school football and the stands were full today to see Tisdale take on Melfort and then Nipawin as the players and coaches worked out the formations for what looks like a great season ahead. This story includes a three minute streaming QuickTime video clip.

Pulse crops dry enough

Wednesday
August 29, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Cereal and Canola crops were still to tough for combining today but the peas and lentils are ready and being harvested.

Forester Drive is getting its street

Wednesday
August 29, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: With new houses eating up the space available the town is making the already serviced area ready for new construction with the installation of a new street.

Listen, consider, respond: repeat as often as necessary

Tuesday
August 28, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Dictatorships, totallotarian regiems and military mentality do not follow the Socratic method of dialogue and it would seem that many others fall into the same rut, fundamentalists, those driven by dogma and hatred, its a pretty big category.

Making way

Tuesday
August 28, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: An older small house on 108th was destroyed today to make way for a replacement.

25% jump in grain and oilseed income Positive, but more work needed

Monday
August 27, 2007
by: Richard Phillips
Ottawa: Here is a news release from the Grain Growers of Canada as they reflect on the announcement today by Stats Canada of a 25% increase in grain and oilseed income.

The Greenwater report

Monday
August 27, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Lake Provincial Park: It just seems like a few days ago that summer began and now its over as Gerald brings us up to date on park businesses as they close and open for the season while filling us in on cabin construction and moving.

Have Canadian Forces in Afghanistan been pawns?

Monday
August 27, 2007
by: Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls, Ontario: So much for idealism, it looks like the negotiations that actually were on going prior to September 11, 2001 have kept developing the need for a US owned pipeline to be built across Afghanistan from the Caspian Sea to the Pakistan coast. This evidence is very solid much more so than any shaky reasons given so far for Canadians to be fighting and dying in the Panjwayl and Kandahar areas of Pakistan.

Longbeach

Friday
August 24, 2007
by: Michael Townsend
Tofino, B.C.: This is a magnificient photo essay of the scenes along the west side of Vancouver Island at Longbeach near Tofino. 35 outstanding images that take you to this amazing park of Western Canada.

Provocateurs

Friday
August 24, 2007
by: Casper Davis
Victoria, B.C.: The nature of a law abiding society is such that it depends upon trust. Trust that those entrusted with protecting the society will do just that and not become agents inciting violence and property damage. That trust has been demonstratably broken with Quebec police pretending to be rioting protestors but were caught by a union leader. Now we have to consider other similar events and wonder what really was happening.

Premature arrival of fall

Thursday
August 23, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Though school starts next week, the pool closes Sunday and it was a chilly 13ºC today it still seems a bit odd to see the leaves turning colour so soon but alas little bits of colour are showing up in Tisdale's trees.

Jelly beans

Thursday
August 23, 2007
by: William Dascavich
Edmonton: Has the Prime Minister's assurances been plausible. Who knows with such secrecy the Montebello meeting is subject to any and all speculation. But Mr. Dascavich is certain it wasn't about jelly beans.

Controversy and a visit to Nazareth

Wednesday
August 22, 2007
by: Jennifer Shire
Tel Aviv: Jennifer's expeditition is nearing its end and in this report she let's us in on controversy over the dig site and shows us some of the highlights of her visit to Tel Aviv, Nazareth and another dig in the Negev Desert.

Yesteryear's Ukrainian Borscht

Tuesday
August 21, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Moose Jaw: In much of Saskatchewan Borscht is a staple food yet it is simply not available on the shelves of your local food store. Well that has changed as a Moose Jaw company has gone into production and is turning out the real thing.

The Greenwater report

Monday
August 20, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Lake Provincial Park: Internet connections and battery life intervened and prevented us from getting last week's report but this week we catch up on the Crawford's excursion West of Prince Albert and the latest developments at the park.

Harvest begins

Thursday
August 16, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: For the past few days swathers have been working their way through Canola fields and some straight combining of wheat is underway. Its harvest time in this part of Saskatchewan

This world after breakfast

Wednesday
August 15, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Today's commentary on the news and how it might impact on our daily lives.

Blueberry jam rocks my world!

Tuesday
August 14, 2007
by: Jennifer Shire
Qubur al-Walaydah: Life at the archaeological dig in the Negev desert of Israel is often less than glamourous as Jennifer fills us in an her daily breakfast menu and the progress of the dig.

Visit to completed sites and the Dead Sea

Sunday
August 12, 2007
by: Jennifer Shire
Dead Sea: Today's story tells and shows with Jennifer's pictures her trip this weekend to the Arad, Masada and the Dead Sea. We have updated all of the earlier stories with pictures, although we still have more to add. We have also added a prior story about her jet-lag visit to Amsterdam and Tel Aviv.

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