Chronological Index of Ensign Articles for
October of 2004

The Greenwater Report
Tuesday
October 5, 2004
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : The frost has bitten Gerald hard as he found it hard to savour the quality of Sunday morning. But all is not gloom as there is a new great grandchild but on the other hand a grandson is stuck in a Chinese airport with missing papers.

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Trojan's Home opener
Tuesday
October 5, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : It looks like Trojan fans are in for a good season as the home team came out with a strong win with their first game on home ice this season.
Tisdale welcomes new Bank of Montreal manager, Myrna Bobryk
Wednesday
October 6, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Hot dogs and donuts made a great sunny mid day lunch for Tisdale folks to get a chance to meet the new manager of the Bank of Montreal and bid farewell to Loran Forer.
Big Potatoes
Wednesday
October 6, 2004
by : Donna LaRochelle
Gravelbourg : There are gardeners who deliberately set out to create really big versions of their plants but this was not the case at a farm eight miles north of Gravelbourg where two hills of potatoes weighed thirteen pounds.
Kerry’s vision of ‘change position’ and Bush’s vision of ‘certainty’
Wednesday
October 6, 2004
by : Mario deSantis
Prince Albert : Television commentators would not voice their comments about the success or failure of each candidate in last week's debate until they got the poll results to tell them what to think. That one factor tells you almost all there is to know about the American intellect and their powers of reasoning.
Breast Cancer
Wednesday
October 6, 2004
Images by : Timothy Shire II
Prince George, British Columbia : Participants all across Canada were out on trails and streets in a massive fund raising event for treatment and prevention of breast cancer. Here are two outstanding images from Prince George.
Let there be lights
Thursday
October 7, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : The first five lights of the new development downtown were being installed today but will not be turned on until others in the same circuit are installed. (and they are good)
Parkland Photography club September meeting
Thursday
October 7, 2004
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Three outstanding photos of summer fun are part of this report along with various competitions and projects the club will be involved with.
A straitjacket for our dreams
Thursday
October 7, 2004
by : David Orchard
Borden : Job were lost and most Canadian businesses absorbed or taken over by United States owned companies but those are small loses compared to the really damaging harm Free Trade and NAFTA have done to Canada.
Trojans tie with Beardy's Blackhawks
Friday
October 8, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : No doubt the team looked a little shell shocked in the first two periods without their coach to guide them so early in the new season but the third period was theirs and despite five minutes of overtime the game ended in a three three tie.
The Greenwater Report
Wednesday
October 13, 2004
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Gerald is helping with harvest and witnessing first hand the damage done by frost to an outstanding crop now of just straw.
These clouds do not come in peace
Friday
October 15, 2004
Images by : Andrew Shire
Tisdale : The troubled sky of Thursday was the subject as we tried to grasp a sample of the signs above.
Romeo Dallaire at the University
Monday
October 18, 2004
by : Michael Townsend
Kamloops : This man made it high on the list of Great Canadians in the CBC project and is considered by all who have met him as the true Canadian hero of our time. Michael Townsend shares with us his thoughts on the General's speech at Thompson Rivers University this past week.
The Greenwater Report
Tuesday
October 19, 2004
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : With businesses closed and harvest all but over our man at the park is suffering from what he calls "coffee withdrawal". As winter settles in its time for a fall fair or two and time to reflect on the harvest.
Today's perception of democracy: understanding the economics of whims from the economics of needs
Tuesday
October 19, 2004
by : Mario deSantis
Prince Albert : At the heart of this complex story Mr. deSantis is concerned at the awarding of the Nobel prize for economics to two rather mundaine professors, one in California and the other in Arizona. The issue of what is better for the world is really what this is about and with many outstanding references you have the opportunity in this story to find out some truths for yourself.
No Ice Cream
Wednesday
October 20, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : When the Beeland decided to build its cardlock on the former hatchery property a Dairy Queen franchise owner bought this lot between the Co-op Cardlock and 7-11.
The silver time machine
Thursday
October 21, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : The camera in one form or another has been around for more than a century and a half and during that time the magic of silver crystals have captured the light and shadows of the past. In those light and shadows we can find significant evidence of what once was and what life was like when that light was rendered onto paper, glass or plastic. (The owner of these images, Tisdale Credit Union is in full agreement with their appearance on this web site.)
Saskatoon’s Synchrotron: the myth of a new vision for Saskatchewan
Friday
October 22, 2004
by : Mario deSantis
Prince Albert : Though many herald the official opening of the synchrotron as a major and significant development in this province and for all this country. Here is quite a different take on this project.
Coffee in the Mall
Friday
October 22, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : No one is crying the blues at the Tisdale Mall since the closing of the west anchor of the operation. Instead the mall businesses have just pulled out the stops to make the mall shoping experience even better. Tattered Corners has added coffee to its sales.
Trojans round off their new coaching staff
Saturday
October 23, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Leigh Spencer has joined head coach Randy Kerr as assistant coach for the Tisdale "AAA" Midget Trojans who take to the ice this evening against the Notre Dame Hounds and the Notre Dame Argos tomorrow afternoon.
 
 
Poppy Coin
Monday
October 25, 2004
by : Rebecca Gingrich
Princeton Ontario : Almost some copyright infringement, it looks like the Canadian mint has sold out to an American owned business as it flogs coins while tredding on Canadian sentiment for November 11. The poppy really belongs to Canada's veterans and is not something that the mint can fiddle with for profit. (update to this story October 27)
The Greenwater Report
Monday
October 25, 2004
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Snow and cold, but its time to be tough and go traveling, to Kelvington, Saskatoon, Porcupine and take in an event or two.
Flea Market brings out the talented and the clever
Tuesday
October 26, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Quite a show. Friday and Saturday Tisdale's craft show and Flea Market that has often been in the Tisdale Mall was held this year in the RECPLex auditorium with sixty tables showing off some both the ordinary and the unique.
Parkland Photography Club October Newsletter
Thursday
October 28, 2004
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : The photo club had their meeting and this is the report with three great pictures of bumble bees.
Perceptions
Thursday
October 28, 2004
by : Edwin Wallace
Success : Though the Saskatoon Police have issued an apology to the mother of the teenager Neil Stonechild for having "let the family down" the ripple affect of this incident will be felt far into the future. The doubt, the lack of trust is not just a rumor it is now a legal opinion and every need be concerned about their safety if it involves the Saskatoon Police service.
Dealing with SaskTel: need of clarity
Thursday
October 28, 2004
by : Mario deSantis
Prince Albert :SaskTel's 2003 annual report goes on page after page dealing with changes to its accounting procedures and as customers we can see and notice the changes as charges and the way they are applied seem to alter from bill to bill.
It is an imperfect world
Friday
October 29, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Don't lose sleep over the American election or the price of gas or any of those other things that the news people tell us are important. The facts are clear and plain as the nose on your face, this is an imperfect world and sometimes things, even well planned things don't work.
Seniors Benefit proposal adds credibility to Copps' contention
Friday
October 29, 2004
by : Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls, Ontario : As deputy prime minister and one of the country's highest ranking cabinet ministers, Sheila Copps was on the inside and has put what she knows on paper in a new book Worth Fighting For. Joe discovers that there is a lot of proof that supports what she says some of it right on the federal government's Department of Finance web site.