Tuesday, September 18, 2007 Ensign Front Page Volume 11, No. 85

Looks like football season

Tuesday
September 18, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Tisdale's streets are colouring up as we move firmly into the grips of fall cold fronts and goofy news and all.

Saskatchewan Party sides with federal Tories

Tuesday
September 18, 2007
by: Joyce Neufeld
Waldeck: The dogma of the right wing political parties continues to assault the issue of the Canadian Wheat Board despite the failure to hold a fair farm vote and overturning of the Barley deal by the courts. Now provincial politicians from the opposition party stump the federal Conservative position.

House thirteen

Tuesday
September 18, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Located half a block from St. Theresa Park this new house will be just west of the RCMP detachment on 104th Ave.

The Greenwater report

Monday
September 17, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Lake Provincial Park: The Manitoba journey continues as the Crawfords tour the southern part of Manitoba and discover the rich culture and variety of things to see in the keystone province.

Bi-annual visitors stay for a while

Monday
September 17, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Snow geese, Emperors and Black Brandts in a flock perhaps as many as a thousand are camped immediately north of the Town of Tisdale.

Close to half done

Saturday
September 15, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Drying conditions yesterday and this morning have contributed to the harvesting process getting back into gear this afternoon with combines seen in all areas immediately around Tisdale.

Movie Gallery history

Saturday
September 15, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: The closing of the Movie Gallery is really just a sign of the changing times in the entertainment marketplace as videos once viewed from VHS, now DVDs will soon be downloaded from online sources.

House number twelve

Thursday
September 13, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: With bad weather and four new basements open and construction begun and another three houses in various stages of framing and being closed in this is a big construction year for Tisdale.

Harvest on hold

Wednesday
September 12, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: For the past week it has been wait, wait and more waiting as light rain is followed by mist and cool weather followed by more light rain. Now facing near freezing temperatures the process of degradation begins.

The Greenwater report

Wednesday
September 12, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
South western Manitoba: Gerald and Doreen have saddled up the motorhome once more and take us along for the ride as they visit Mozart, Whitewood, Carlyle, Alida, and Souris. This report has some gems as Gerald reminices about his childhood summers spent with his grandparents in Souris.

Gus' Greek Ribs

Friday
September 7, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: If you out for lunch in Tisdale the chances are you will be at Gus' Greek Ribs as it is Tisdale's most popular place to each and every day of the week from 11:00 until 2:00 and sometimes later.

Clear and present danger

Thursday
September 6, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Global warming is a serious matter, so is racism, a possible recession and the abuse of civil liberties but all things pale by comparison to the dangers posed by nuclear weapons.

House eleven

Thursday
September 6, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Forester Crescent was completed last week and yesterday the first basement was dug in for house number eleven to be built on the west side of the new crescent.

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.

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