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The Week of April 25 to May
1, 2004
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April - 26 - 27
- 28 - 29 - 30
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 Sometimes
the wind blows- Monday
April 26, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Regina : For
several days Saskatchewan was at the mercy of a formidable and unrelenting wind which
seemed to peek Saturday afternoon with more than 45 knots from about 030º. This
scene shows the Qu'Appelle Valley south of Southey.
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 The Greenwater Report- Monday
April 26, 2004
by : Gerald Crawford
Airdrie Alberta
: Gerald and Doreen are on the road visiting in Alberta and sharing their trip with
us.
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 Electoral Reform Proposal
Misconceptions- Monday
April 26, 2004
by : Wayne Smith
Toronto : Mr.
Smith is responding to the Electoral Reform story by Brian Marlatt
of last Wednesday as he points out that many common misconceptions about the idea
of proportional representation are not a threat.
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 War
in Iraq: Using statistics to misinform and prove
Bush’s divine guidance- Monday
April 26, 2004
by : Mario deSantis
Nipawin : The
built in features of the Free Market: corruption in politics and business, corruption
in research for the purpose to maintain the status quo. Rather than an ever ending
war against terrorism we need a never ending war against poverty, hunger, injustice.
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 For
security reasons the wolf is in charge of the hen house- Tuesday
April 27, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Regina : This
year's Saskatchewan School Librarian's conference was held in Regina. Regina one
of the only places in the country that is actively involved in closing public libraries
and an art gallery.
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 The
Race Card Played On American Idol?- Tuesday
April 27, 2004
by : Ron Thornton
Edmonton : Many
fans have been glued to their televisions with what is essentially a very high class
talent show, American Idol. The most recent person to be dropped from the finalists
was a controversial but powerful singer, Jennifer Hudson.
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 Hyperbole and argumentum
ad hominem- Tuesday
April 27, 2004
by : Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls Ontario
: Joe Clark has pointed out what most people realise and that is that what is called
the Conservative Party is really lead by an Alberta separatist who holds views that
are not shared by most Canadians. Another former prime minister, Brian Mulroney who
when he left office under a very nasty cloud is loudly proclaiming the merits of
Stephen Harper. Who would you believe, Lyin' Brian or Good Ole' Joe.
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 Paul
Martin And Joe Clark, Canadian Heroes- Tuesday
April 27, 2004
by : Ron Thornton
Edmonton : Joe
Clark's lack of enthusiasm for Stephen Harper is not appreciated by Alliance/Tory
followers and Ron takes the issue to yet another level.
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 April
Shower, snow- Wednesday
April 28, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Thanks
we needed that, last night we had a gentile shower (rain shower) that dribbled water
on the town and fields around us but during the night it turned to snow so that this
morning we all awoke to a white world once more.
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 Boreal Owl- Wednesday
April 28, 2004
by : Lorna McEwan
Tisdale : Though they may be around we rarely get a
peek at the small owls. This species is actually smaller than the little burrowing
owl of the plains but can range all across western Canada along the tree line and
into the Yukon.
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 Quennell’s Saskatchewan
Justice: a system stuck in the seventies- Wednesday
April 28, 2004
by : Mario deSantis
Nipawin : The Saskatchewan Justice minister and the
minister in charge of social services decided to send a letter from the both of them
to the Saskatoon Star Phoenix in an effort to correct what they felt were inaccuracies
in a story. Many wonder if their published opinions may have influenced the outcome
of an ongoing court procedure.
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 Its
Sale Time- Thursday
April 29, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Today
began the spring rummage sale at St. Matthew's Anglican Church as it begins the weekend
of garage and rummage sales. There are several sales planned for this weekend so
make sure you drop by the best one of the year at St. Matthew's that continues all
of today, tomorrow and wraps up Saturday morning.
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 Count Me Out! Boycott the Canadian Census Test!- Thursday
April 29, 2004
by : Mel Hurtig
Edmonton : As
if having Disney own the rights to the RCMP wasn't enough Ottawa has farmed out the
2006 Census to Lockheed Martin. don't you think you should be concerned about this?
Lockheed Martin's motto is "We never forget who we're working for"
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 Cold and sunny
afternoon- Thursday
April 29, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Capturing the sky this afternoon with tower
cumulus in the area and an ice cold wind with a QuickTime VR. This page includes
a 2.6MB image that would take some time to download on a dial up connection.
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 House
Number one- Friday
.April 30, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Yesterday
the service and basement were dug and today the forms for the footing were being
put in place.
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 House
number two gets its start- Friday
April 30, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Only
two blocks from downtown, this is the last older house in the neighbourhood and it
is gone now ready for a new replacement to begin construction.
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 Parkland
Photography Club April 2004- Friday
April 30, 2004
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : This month's meeting dealt with various contests and projects the
club involves themselves in and of course this month's competition to produce a "freak
of nature."
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 Democracy is neither scientific polling
nor privatisation, and we don’t need to compare apples with apples- Friday
April 30, 2004
by : Mario deSantis
Nipawin : The role of the citizen seems to be increasingly
confusing as we get sucked into discussions that seem to rely upon pseudo-scientific
polling while at the same time matters of serious and importance to us all are fluffed
over as high salaried officials cut vital programmes or the fundamental right to
medical care is undermined by political and power struggle conditions in the country.
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