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Wednesday, June 16, 2004 Ensign Front Page Volume
8, No. 14
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Winnipeg's Special Place:
The Forks- Wednesday
June 16, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Winnipeg : The
market-place, cultural centre, community meeting place, all of that and then some.
Winnipeg's Forks is one of the most interesting and stimulating place I know of and
almost suggests that we should take a very long look not only what it is but what
it does in terms of bringing a community together. This story has some pictures that
show the way it looks now and includes a QuickTime VR panorama (2.4MB) of the whole
overview of the scene.
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 The
Great Sandhills mistake- Wednesday
June 16, 2004
by : Edwin Wallace
Success : Mr.
Wallace is a bit cranky about the recent decision by the Saskatchewan government
to increase the amount of drilling for natural gas in the Great Sandhills area of
western Saskatchewan. Environmentalists and scientists appear to agree on the ecological
mistake of this decision.
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Today In Ensign
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Timothy W. Shire - The Forks
in 2004
Edwin Wallace - The Great Sandhill
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Tim's Tip of the Day
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 Though we talk of politics, business
and issues none of those topics define us as thinking sentient beings. It is music,
art, literature and drama that set us apart from the beasts of the world and many
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Kevin's find of the day
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 Blind man charged after
driving golf cart (pdf) Appearing on CNN
this AP story tells of a blind Georgia man and his drunk friend who crashed
a golf cart after being seen driving recklessly through their town. |
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Ensign Notes
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| Posting from Winnipeg today. with us on vacation we will post
sporatically, no posting tomorrow (Thursday) and uncertrain over the weekend, road
trip in progress. |
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.Happenings In Tisdale:
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 The sacrifice of idealism- Tuesday
June 15, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Winnipeg : It
is not a pretty sight, neighbours with rival signs on their lawns, in one case a
duplex with opposite signs and mixed into the federal election is the Winnipeg campaign
for a replacement mayor.
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 A graveyard for
our dreams: why I’m not voting Conservative- Tuesday
June 15, 2004
by : David Orchard
Borden : This is one of the strongest condemnations of Stephen Harper and his Alliance
Party people who now call themselves by another name. But, David Orchard points out,
in their own words what they are really all about.
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 The Saskatchewan
Air Show 2004- Monday
June 14, 2004
by : Matthew Shire
Moose Jaw : Rain and low ceiling dampened the spirits
on this years airshow but many took the chance and went to participate in one of
the best air shows in North America.
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 The
Greenwater Report- Monday
June 14, 2004
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : The cool weather has delayed development of this year's
cropp of wild flowers and if any birdwatchers are tuning in, Gerald has a hummingbird
problem.
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 Doug Saunders of Globe and
Mail: A little bit of hypocrisy is good- Monday
June 14, 2004
by : Mario deSantis
Nipawin : Ronald
Reagan's death has brought back memories and the experiences of his two terms in
office, Saddam Hussein's buddy as he was called in the Asia Times today. All of this
brings us back to the present and the willingness we all have and seem to continue
to accept rather large doses of hypocrisy.
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 Ice
Cream- Wednesday
June 9, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : The
sun is out and its time to indulge in the reason there is summer. For those of you
who don't know the reason there is summer is so we can enjoy the delight of ice cream.
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 The Hypocrisy of the Free
Market: Running public policies as private businesses,
the war in Iraq and health care in Canada- Wednesday
June 9, 2004
by : Mario deSantis
Nipawin : This
story makes the point that perhaps what is at the root of the seemingly endless trouble
we see occurring is the belief by leaders and the acceptance by the public that if
all things were run like businesses all would be well.
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 Keep
on truckin'- Wednesday
June 9, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Those
big units are crucial to resource, agriculture and manufacturing and today we take
a look at the structure of the business as it occurs in and around this community.
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 Running
a personal server- Wednesday
June 9, 2004
by : John Smith
Personal servering is built into the operating system of Macintosh computers but
with a Windows machine you need to obtain the right software and assemble your server.
However, as John explains this is really worthwhile as it lets you move files to
and from your computer over the internet without resorting to e-mail. This story
has the links to get you started.
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 Kansas
Campers- Wednesday
June 9, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : The tourist season appears to be on as north bound traffic steadily makes
its way through town. This group were spotted today at noon.
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 PC Party Candidates
Overlooked in CPC's revocation of memberships- Wednesday
June 9, 2004
by : Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls, Ontario
:The PC party have nominated a surprising number of candidates, most in Ontario but
three in Nova Scotia and one in Alberta.
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 Red
Rabbit- Wednesday
June 9, 2004
by : Kevin McIntyre
Carrot River
: Once again Kevin McIntyre is coming to our rescue with a reading suggestion for
this summer.
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 Bohemian Waxwing- Tuesday
June 8, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : So
far a group of five Bohemian Waxwings have been behaving themselves in our back yard
and we have pictures of these boreal forest dwellers who love to eat fruit, but today,
flowers.
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 Dalton McGuinty: Disingenuous or delusional?- Tuesday
June 8, 2004
by : Joe Hueglin
Niagara Fall
: This is one of those, "look who's talking" stories. Joe Hueglin points
out that though McGuinty has caused problems for Paul Martin, it looks like Mulroney
is afoot.
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Bottom Of The Page Picture
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How would you like that tower in your front yard, today in St. Boniface.
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