Thursday, December 6, 2007 Ensign Front Page Volume 11, No. 134

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Tisdale - starts
December 8

Ratatouille free matinees Sat 10:00 & 2:00 Sun 2:00

Melfort - starts
December 7

1. Mist
2. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

Porcupine Plain starts
December 7


A day to dig
Thursday
December 6, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: From the steam it looked like the town had a water break and CP decided to replace the crossing. Meanwhile snow removal continues as Tisdale continues to be a place of ongoing excavation.
 
Above: CP replacing rails on crossing of highway 35

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2003 - Honourable and noble, Tory yes and no and Rumsfields puts foot in mouth
2002 - Movie Master opens, Christmas shopping in Tisdale, NAPA - Groats, Ackland - Grainger, Trust us and US corporate philosophy
2001 - Lighting up for Christmas, Another mideast war and bins hopes unfulfilled
2000 - Beeland hands out dividends and Chretien's scandal
1999 - And this shall be a sign and time for a hayride

1998 - Santa Claus day in Tisdale

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Kevin's find of the day

Italy politicins urges Nazi policies for immigrants
It is a sign of extreme frustration as politicians from the wealthy northern portion of the country are showing great contempt for lawless immigrants.

Ensign Notes

Happenings In Tisdale:

  • Saturday, December 8th, from 9:00AM to 11:00, at the Beeland Co-op Mall Tisdale Trojans and the Co-op Christmas Charity Pancake breakfast
  • Saturday, December 8th its Santa Claus at the Tisdale Mall 10:00 to 12:00 and 1:00 to 3:00
  • Saturday, December 8th 8:00 Trojans vs Regina Pat Canadians
  • Saturday, December 8th Tisdale Chamber of Commerce sponsors free matinee at the Falkon Theatre - Ratatoullie 10:00 and 2:00
  • Sunday, December 9th Tisdale Chamber of Commerce sponsors free matinee at the Falkon Theatre - Ratatoullie at 2:00
  • Sunday, December 9th 2:00 Trojans vs Regina Pat Canadians

Canada to Americans: NAFTA Superhighway exists
Thursday
December 6, 2007
by: Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls: Canadian and American leaders have denied and ridiculed suggestions that there is a plan in place to built a continental unifying transportation system. It is a major issue in the on going American Presidential election and the arguments they are using related to disclosures by the governments of Alberta and Manitoba.
Weyakwin web cam
Wednesday
December 5, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Many states and now some provinces are putting up cameras to monitor their highways. The road from Prince Albert to LaRonge is long and lonely without services most of the way so it is impressive to see a web cam in operation on this highway.
Confirmed kill
Wednesday
December 5, 2007
by: Ray Strachan
Grimshaw, Alberta: When did the conflict in Afghanistan become our war. Mr. Strachan wonders when that happened and he is concerned about the morality of First Nations people enticed into the Canadian Armed Forces for some dubious reasons.
Tisdale Post Office sidewalk
Tuesday
December 4, 2007
by: Murray McEwan
Tisdale: Not only is the sidewalk sloped but it is left covered with snow and ice so that even young people find it treacherous let alone the large Tisdale population of seniors who daily have to contend with a hazard that could easily be remedied.
Infrared photography
Tuesday
December 4, 2007
by: Ken Styan images by Ole Loberg
Tisdale/Regina: Using Windows Media player Ken has put together a slideshow of images created using the heat portion of the light spectrum. These very dramatic images were created using a Canon G2 camera and most were shot in Regina's Wascana park near the legislative buildings.
More
Tuesday
December 4, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: That snow level is piling up in our back yard and with the amount that fell and blew around last night most of the streets are looking pretty tough as well. Is this going to be a bad winter, the question is, compared to what?
House #15 now in place
Monday
December 3, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: It was back on the 20th of September that the basement was dug for this house on Forester Crescent but an RTM is sitting in place on that basement.
The Greenwater report
Monday
December 3, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Saskatoon: This week's report fills us in on a big event in Porcupine Plain and the hard community work of some of its citizens. The Crawfords were out to a craft show and they have a new Steadman painting on the wall.
Parkland Photography Club November meeting
Friday
November 30, 2007
by: Darlene McCullogh
Tisdale: Working on a whole series of slide show presentations and sharing these with various seniors groups in the community seems to be one of the main activities of the club. But there is more by putting their work before one another they are constantly finding new and better ways to make that special picture. This month's theme was farming.
Dora Sharko, 1908 - 2007
Thursday
November 29, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Obituary by her grand daughter Joy Claypool and Ray Strachan's memories of a former storekeeper from Crooked River. Ken Styan dug up the obituary for this story and FTLComm collected some winter scenes from the area today.
Pioneer Inland Terminal - the new Murphy's Siding
Thursday
November 29, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: This photo essay follows up on yesterday's story about what became of Murphy's Siding between Eldersley and Crooked River.
Murphy's siding today
Wednesday
November 28, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: With the inspiration of Joe Ives and the assistance of Graham Jasckson we now have the whole story of what became of the promising railway divisional point known as Murphy's siding.
Reservation soldiers
Wednesday
November 28, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: CTV is presenting this award winning documentary Saturday evening on the participation of First Nations people in the Canadian military and the shooting conflict in Afghanistan
Farm built wood chip heating unit
Tuesday
November 27, 2007
by: Edwin Wallace
Brendaren Farm, Success: With lots of wood and some shop ingenuity has created a working shop furnace.
Northwestern Pizzaria
Monday
November 26, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Regina photographer and writer Brenda Desnoyers captured a sight the says it all about a season now fading into memory.
The Greenwater report
Monday
November 26, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Lake Provincial Park: The keys have been turned over and the Crawfords in Saskatoon but not before telling us about the history of the Parkland photo club and savouring the wonder of the daily coffee row at the Cove.
Farewell to autumn
Friday
November 23, 2007
by: Brenda Desnoyers
Regina: Regina photographer and writer Brenda Desnoyers captured a sight the says it all about a season now fading into memory.
The Royal Society of London takes on Climate Change deniers, and defining a conservative point of view
Friday
November 23, 2007
by: Brian Marlatt
White Rock, B.C.: Canada's conservatives have pretty much decided to align themselves with the US Bush administration when it comes to the issue of global warning. This may not be a very prudent approach to such a serious problem.
Murphy's siding
Thursday
November 22, 2007
by: Joe Ives
Naniamo B.C.: There was once a siding between Edersley and Crooked River. Joe tells us about a mishap at this siding and wonders what ever became of it.
Eleventh Avenue
Wednesday
November 21, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Regina: Its all a part of perspective and the difficulty of placing oneself in a world which often we know so little about.
Tayler Jordan joins the Trojans
Monday
November 19, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: So far the Trojans are having a good season despite their set back Sunday. Tayler Jordan of Wynyard is the newest addition to the team
The Greenwater report
Monday
November 19, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater lake Provincial Park: Things are cleaned up at the Crawford cabin and the farewell pot luck supper over and the Crawfords are now city folks. This week's report has some choice perhaps vintage coffee row jabs and alas the lake has frozen over for the year.
Tisdale Toy and Model Show 2007
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November 18, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Each year's Toy and Model show seems to have something special about it and this year it was outstanding quality of the displays and remarkable collections.
"Are you talkin' to me?"
Friday
November 16, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: It is understandable that some low life con artist might try to weasel money out of us over our telephones but enough is enough, on Wednesday I got a spam call from SaskTel.
Afghanistan poised to invade
Friday
November 16, 2007
by: Ray Strachan
Grimshaw, Alberta: Noting Mario deSantis' discussion about greed Mr. Strachan makes some comments of his own about the unbalanced economic and political situations that affect our lives both nationally and provincially.
Pearson's opens special Christmas store
Thursday
November 15, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Decorations, gifts and all things seasonal fills up the delightful retail space that used to be the Thrift Shop just next door south of Pearson's store in downtown Tisdale.
Coincidence
Thursday
November 15, 2007
by: Ray Strachan
Grimshaw, Alberta: It is odd how a sequence of things take place often considerred to be random yet it is these sorts of events that make up the minute by minute things in our lives. Mr. Strachan points out the link between his pictures and the pictures of the fire about a year later in Crooked River.
The focus: images not issues
Thursday
November 15, 2007
by: Eugene Parks
Victoria B.C.: Without an election being called the Conservatives have mounted and continue to pursue an unprecedented character assassination of the leader of the Liberal Party. The odd thing with this campaign is how the main stream media seems to have bought into the whole thing and the real issues are being submerged.
The Greenwater Report
Monday
November 12, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Saskatoon: The transistion to becoming city folks is not going to be an easy one but Gerald and Doreen are giving it a shot but this week they will be out at the park for their last week to do a little bit of final clean up.
The policy of a US strong dollar is the policy of unbridled greed
Monday
November 12, 2007
by: Mario deSantis
Prince Albert: The bottom line is simple, greed we can understand but the complexities of the devaluation of the US dollar and the subsequent increase of value of the Canadian and other currencies relative to the US dollar are complex. But there is no need to be not knowing some of the contributing factors. This story gives you the outline or the plot of the situation and the fifteen references that go with the story are educational.

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Not all Tisdale sidewalks are buried in snow. (11:30 this morning)


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