The Week of March 7 to 13, 2004

 

March - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12


Are we screwed?
Monday
March 8, 2004
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Some things were looking good, there was a definite good feeling about the direction things were headed in Canada and now a major and distasteful cloud of gloom has descended upon us in this fragile dominion. This story is presented in text but also as a QuickTime streaming audio of 453K.
The Greenwater Report
Monday
March 8, 2004
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : The fishing stories just keep on coming as Gerald brings us up to date on the trail conditions and how the moose have enjoyed the winter.
Telemiracle breakfast
Monday
March 8, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : A good sized crowd were on hand Saturday morning from seven until eleven as the community came out to support the Tisdale Kinsmen and Kinettes finish off their fund raising this year for the Telemiracle which began its televised appear Saturday afternoon.
The steady George Bush is no match for the reflective John Kerry
Monday
March 8, 2004
by : Mario deSantis
Nipawin : The American presidential election is now in full campaign mode and already the two leaders are decidely different in their approach to things. Kerry thinks about things Bush deals with all things in his standard Texas way, brash, bold and boisterous.
Partridge
Tuesday
March 9, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : This winter bird watchers have been surprised at the huge numbers of sharp tailed grouse (prairie chicken) and Hungarian Partridge that seem to be enjoying the winter more than usual.
Tearing out the lake bottom
Tuesday
March 9, 2004
by : Doug Freestone
Regina :
Doug Freestone is from Saskatoon and was in Regina on business yesterday and shot some pictures of the Wascana Lake deepening project. This page includes a QuickTime VR panorama (636K).
The wind, sky and no buzzing sound
Tuesday
March 9, 2004
Images by Judy Shire
La Ronge : This is a set of outstanding images that show a wind swept country and a wind swept sky.
Misplaced priorities
Tuesday
march 9, 2004
by : Rebecca Gingrich
Princeton, Ontario : Wednesday (March 10) a group of artists will be presented with their awards by the Governor General and among them is Istvan Kantor who has pushed the envelop of art into the absurb and perhaps beyond.
Making way for the new
Tuesday
March 9, 2004
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Looks like a lot has been cleared to begin the 2004 building season in Tisdale.
Yardbirds
Tuesday
March 9, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Three interesting pictures of children enjoying the sun, the warm spring like weather and damp snow at noon hour today.
Pine Grosbeak
Wednesday
March 10, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Weekes :
This is a set of images of Pine Grosbeaks and Red Poles at a farm yard feeder near Weekes. This page includes a small QuickTime video clip.
Rider fan meets Szarka
Wednesday
March 10, 2004
by : Shawn Ratushniak
Tisdale : The Saskatchewan Rough Riders are truly a province wide football club and their supporters known throughout the continent as among the most loyal and enthusiastic anywhere. Chris Szarka was in town yesterday.
The Bush administration breaks international laws: First with the war against Iraq and now with the ousting of Haitian President Aristide
Wednesday
March 10, 2004
by : Mario deSantis
Nipawin : The president of Haiti says he was forced out of office by the Americans and the US Secretary of State Colin Powell says he wasn't but then Mr. Powell thinks every truck in pre-war Iraq was a weapons factory. International law is real but the United States has chosen over and over to ignore any responsibility to the world and how things are legally done.
Prairie Petroleum Services
Thursday
March 11, 2004
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Northern Steel Industries continues to develop and with it associated companies needed to service and install the manufactured products of this large corporation.
Robert McAdam 1915 - 2004
Thursday
March 11, 2004
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : At eight-nine we all know that living this long is a remarkable achievement and this man, former Anglican priest here in Tisdale has been an important part of this community since arriving here in 1968. This story was originally done following an interview with Rev. McAdam in April of 2002. When he read the piece over he was uncomfortable with the way I had reported some of his remarks particularly those that related to the Catholic church so I removed the article from Ensign at the time but the story reflected our discussion that Tuesday morning two years ago and I think sheds a lot of light on the active mind and conscientious spirit of this fine man.
The Bush’s crooked and scary world of the Free Market: Haiti, Iraq… and more terrorism
Thursday
March 11, 2004
by : Mario deSantis
Nipawin : Democratic Presidential hopeful Senator John Kerry was overheard muttering that Bush and his associates were crooked and scary. Mario deSantis points out that this has become an increasingly more crooked and more scary world each passing day with polarised ideologies even more dangerous than the days of the Cold War.
Overtime
Friday
March 12, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale ; Yet another winter storm is tromping across Saskatchewan today as it seems that spring is being caught off guard as winter is working overtime.