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The Week of April 15 to 21, 2007

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Over the banks
 
Monday
April 16, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
Despite the week of cold weather the amount of water heading north up the Doghide River channel exceeds the river's capacity and it is now in flood stage.
The Greenwater report
 
Monday
April 16, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park :
Stories of spring at the park as there are rennovations to the beach cafe and water treatment plant, the gold course will open again this year and no news on what will happen to the Cove. But the snow is melting and the water flowing, Gerald likes warm weather.
Look at our everyday ways of living
 
Monday
April 16, 2007
by: Larry Storm
Welland Ontario :
The challenge of global warming and the preservation of the environment is huge but maybe we need to think of it as solving one problem at a time. Cut down on commuting to work, reduce the size of car engines and tickle the auto's fuel efficiency.
TILMA
 
Tuesday
April 17, 2007
by: William Dascavich
Edmonton:
What we know and understand as the way of nature of Canadian life is in danger. NAFTA has made it difficult for Canadians to be Canadian now there is more and more encroachments coming our way and we need to be aware of the trouble ahead.
Moose at Lewvan
 
Wednesday
April 18, 2007
by: Stu Innes
Lewvan:
Not long ago moose were known only to live in the bush but for reasons yet unknown they are cheerfully moving out onto the open prairie.
Five minute parking
 
Wednesday
April 18, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
Just what this world needs is more signs. Today the town crew installed five minute parking signs in front of the community post office.
Out and about class
 
Wednesday
April 18, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
Its been a long time since you could walk around in shirt sleeves and teachers at TMSS have been taking advantage of the good weather and getting their classes out of the classroom.
Pick it up
 
Wednesday
April 18, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
Great weather to go for a walk but the ugliness of the stuff dropped since fall is a bit of a mess. Here is the simple and healthy solution.
Wood Country expands facility
 
Thursday
April 19, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
A large new building immediately west of the town square is going to radically change the look of that part of town.
War on the Plains
 
Thursday
April 19, 2007
by: Albert Horner and David Orchard
Blaine Lake and Borden :
The economic sovereignty and the commercial viability of western agriculture is at stake as the Harper government aims to please its American Master and extinguish the Canadian Wheat Board.
House number one
 
Thursday
April 19, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
Ten houses were built or moved into Tisdale last year and this year's construction process is under way with the first house with its first wall up.
$300,000,000 at $300 a treatment
 
Thursday
April 19, 2007
by: Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls :
Cancer of any kind is a killer and now a treatment appears to be available to protect this generation of women from cervical cancer but we really need to consider this and find out about the implications.
House number two
 
Thursday
April 19, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
Basement in place and work to get the foundation underway as the second house of 2007 has begun construction.
Green grass
 
Thursday
April 19, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
That seemed to me like a very long winter. I was surprised to see mud one day two weeks ago and today it was a relief to begin seeing bits of green grass showing up yet knowing full well that means cutting must soon follow.
Crushed Canoe
 
Friday
April 20, 2007
by: Leslie Peet
Tisdale:
The wreckage of a canoe at the CN trestle is the mute story of someone's misadventure with the Doghide in is flood condition.
ts not a they world, but a me world
 
Friday
April 20, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale:
The college shooting in Virginia and the war in Iraq are not something that can be explained and perhaps should not be explained but must be part of our awareness and realisation of the nature of humanity.
Ensuring the future
 
Saturday
April 21, 2007
by: Brad Thomson
Ottawa:
There have been many times when our form of representative parliamentary democracy has actually gone against the will of the majority. The issue of the Kyoto Accord is to important for the majority to be ignored.
Senate - a fraction of itself
 
Saturday
April 21, 2007
by: Robert Ede
Richmond Hill, Ontario :
Without paying much attention to grade twelve Canadian studies courses most Canadians have little understanding of the actual role and constitutional position the senate holds in the structure of Canadian government. Mr. Ede is attempting to straighten folks out on this one.