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Thursday, November 14, 2002

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Volume 5, N. 174


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Habitation Fog in November
Thursday
November 14, 2002
Unusually low temperatures in the northern grain belt this year and today something we normally only see in late December or January.

Today In Ensign

- Habitation fog in November
- Music
pick me up
- The Road to War -
R. Neumann
- SGI's No fault and
tort coverage

A year ago today

Two years ago today, story 2, story 3
and story 4

Three years ago today and also

Four years ago today and also

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Oct. 27 to Nov. 2
October 20 to 26
October 13 to 19
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September 1 to 7
August 25 to 31
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July 28 to August 3
July 21 to 27
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Tim's Tip of the Day

Historically all young men are warned about the dangers of "wine, women and song" now it looks like all three are good for you.

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Music Pick Me Up
Thursday
November 14, 2002
This story began as a simple editing exercise of a piece of music but lead to a discussion on one of the most popular music artists of all time. This story will autoload two pieces of music neither are long but require QuickTime to play as streaming audio tracks.

The Road to War
Thursday
November 14, 2002
Richard Neumann explains the scenario as the UN moves into the inspection process of Iraq and outlines what looks like the reasonable expected circumstances.

SGI's No Fault Insurance, and now Tort Coverage: the work of the experts
Thursday
November 14, 2002
Mario deSantis asks us to look critically at the attitude and behaviour of the government operated insurance company which seems to be denying what is pretty widely known to understand its outrageous activity in the past.

Random: The impossible occurrence
Wednesday
November 13, 2002
Neither mathematical nor philosophically possible, yet we have this unusual idea that chance plays some part in reality.

Confusion about debt repayment
Wednesday
November 13, 2002
We welcome Member of Parliament Scott Brison, conservative finance critic to this web site as he expresses his concern about the federal government's accounting practice of taking employment insurance premiums and applying them to the National Debt.

A personal abuse of the Bell Curve in Education: Is learning associated to the Bell Curving of the marks?
Wednesday
November 13, 2002
Mario deSantis tells us about the ways the good ole Bell Curve can be used to create some distortions.

Exceptionality: What is not average?
Tuesday
November 12, 2002
Parents really need to think about what words like exceptional, average and special education mean. Educators and politicians toss these words around and the public gets sucked into a vortex of abnormal thoughts.

Canadian Taxpayers Federation presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
Tuesday
November 12, 2002
Last Friday Walter Robinson of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation made a speech in Montreal to the finance committee making recommendations with regard to the upcoming budget. This text is the content of his speech but there are direct links to the complete sixteen page written submission as well.

Tisdale marks Remembrance Day
Monday
November 11, 2002
This town like all others in the country take a moment to commemorate the men and women who have served and so many to did not survive the two great wars and other conflicts since around the world.

Lest we forget
Monday
November 11, 2002
We are fortunate today to be able to read about the story of one Canadian who served in both the First and Second World War. Ron Thornton brings the perspective of the people who were there and some lived while others did not but here are their stories.

The Greenwater Report for November 11, 2002
Monday
November 11, 2002
Gerald Crawford is off on a bit of trip but we still have is report for this week as we discover the geese have left and the beaver are still chomping through the woods.

What is this?
Sunday
November 10, 2002
This par of unusual object turned up in some stuff from a Rummage sale just what do you think they might be?

SWP6 on the way down
Sunday
November 10, 2002
This short story includes a series of images that were recorded in Thurnder Bay almost three years ago but are remarkable as they capture the destruction of a huge grain terminal on the Thunder Bay waterfront.

"Have to say it"
Saturday
November 9, 2002
A mother of one of the new employees of the new A & W tells us that employees have to follow the script.

Standing on guard hollowed out
Saturday
November 9, 2002
Joe Hueglin points out that each of can sing our National Anthem but it has become so empty because the cuts to our Airforce, Navy, Coast Guard and Army mean that we are defenceless.

Perverse sense of entitlement
Saturday
November 9, 2002
Conservative Justice Critic, Member of Parliament, Peter MacKay shares the feelings most Canadians have with regard to the decision by the Supreme Court that federal prisoners have the right to vote under the Charter of Rights.

Country Gifts and Crafts
Friday
November 8, 2002
Several rural folks have put together an outstanding craft and gift market in the Oddfellows hall that will be open today and tomorrow. Here is a chance to look over some of the unique items for sale. (17 pictures will take a moment to load)

Water Break under highway #35
Friday
November 8, 2002
A surprise for town work crews was that the break was not deep below the flooded ditch but somewhere under the highway. Here is the solution.

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Long cold shadows across the park this morning at 9:00.


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