The Week of September 11 to 17, 2005

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A province for 100 years
Monday
September 12, 2005
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Just what is the provincial government all about and are we being served well by this federal system. A big question but after a hundred years as a province it is about time we thought seriously about what provincial status means and what the citizens of a province should expect.
The Greenwater Report
Monday
September 12, 2005
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Gerald shares his experiences at the Wynyard Centennial and homecoming celebrations,

The Wet Year
Tuesday
September 13, 2005
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: It was only two years ago that we experienced a record setting drought in this art of Saskatchewan and this year reminds of the years in the early fifties when there was more water than we knew what to do with it.
An American Catastrophe
Tuesday
September 13, 2005
by : Ron Thornton
Edmonton : Disasters happen, it is a certainty but that's why there are disaster plans and the collapse of responsibility in Louisianna is something that needs a very hard look at and must not be ignored as an American shortcoming but we need to consider the way we organise ourselves to deal with the unthinkable.
Wet hay field
Tuesday
September 13, 2005
by : Sherry Kapeller
Peesane : What can you do, nature throws a can of water at you can do is make the best of it and there is going to have be a lot of that going around if things don't dry up pretty quick.
NAFTA energy chickens coming home to roost
Tuesday
September 13, 2005
by: David Orchard
Borden: With Canada supplying 60% of American energy how come the price of fuel is rising here so quickly and why is it not taking the Canadian dollar's value up with the increase of petroleum pricing. Mr. Orchard provides us with a scary explanation.
(Gee thanks Brian!)
Tisdale, a swamp
Thursday
September 15, 2005
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale :We are not quite the Everglades yet and not nearly as wet as New Orleans but if this rain keeps up it might be a good idea to equip your car or van with life jackets.
Wascana Park, September 2005
Thursday
September 15, 2005
by : R. W. Shire
Regina : The Canada summer games are history but the park that is the centre of Saskatchewan's capital is really a remarkable greenspot that marks the city as a great place to live.
Urban backcountry
Friday
September 16, 2005
by : Brenda Desnoyers
Regina : Three outstanding images and a poem from Regina artist and photographer Brenda Desnoyers.
59 Plymouth Fury hardtop
Friday
September 16, 2005
by : Timothy W. Shire
Regina : A remarkable example of Chrysler design from the late fifties. Really much more than nostolga.