The Week of April 2 to 8, 2000

To the Mountains Sunday April 2, 2000 Stopped at Wakaw to refuel a trio of Hudson Bay snowmobiliers are on their way to BC to find some snow. This story and more will be posted just after noon today. Thanks for dropping by.

The new provincial sales tax is a reflection of a regressive and racist mentality Sunday April 2, 2000 Mario deSantis takes a look at the provincial budgets sales tax provisions and is displeased.

Spring In Saskatoon Sunday April 2, 2000 Shorts and partying, signs of a winter that has ended in Saskatoon.

Unfolded Monday April 4, 2000 The cultivator and its various modifications has been around in its modern form for more then thrity years. Today we take a look around one of these things using a QuickTime VR object.

Honourable Eric Cline has not balanced the budget yet, he forgot our school-children Monday April 3, 2000 Mario deSantis points to a serious threat for all people of this province and indicates the remarkable lack of consideration of this problem in this year's budget.

April Light Monday April 3, 2000 A look at the way the setting sun lights up this prairie town on a Sunday night. These pictures were taken between 7:15 and 7:45.

Brutal Assault on the Senses Tuesday April 4, 2000 Escapism takes over today as this is Las Vegas week at Ensign. Michael Townsend spent a week enjoying a stay in one of the most artificially exotic locations on earth and has provided us with pictures to let us share in this adventure. This is a picture essay and takes about three minutes to download.

Valley of Fire Wednesday April 5, 2000 In our week long visit to Las Vegas Mike Townsend shows us the stark beauty of the Valley of Fire.

NASCAR In Vegas Thursday April 6, 2000 Today we have Mike Townsends third part of his four part series, today we have some great pictures of the realm of big time car racing in this desert entertainment city.

The New PST: more corruption, more division, and more work for lawyers Thursday April 6, 2000 Mario deSantis is less then happy with the direction and intent of this year's budget as he can see its only net result to be more work for lawyers.

Rumbling Around Las Vegas Friday April 7, 2000 Today we bring the final story in Michael Townsend's four part adventure in Las Vegas. Today we check out the motorcycle culture discovered by Mike and Bruce. This story and others will be posted later this morning, thanks for dropping by.

The two primary needs of health reform: independence of the districts & booting out the hoodlums Friday April 7, 2000 Mario explains the real issues and points to the appropriate direction health reform should be taking. This is a complex issue because so much emotion and political debris is strewn about making it difficult to keep the important stuff at the top of the list.

April Showers Saturday April 8, 2000 This is how this morning greeted us at seven this morning. A light skiff of snow covered everything.

Darrel Davis Beeland Co-op Employee of the Month Saturday April 8, 2000 Darrel Davis is in the hardware department and returned to work at the Tisdale Co-op in 1999 after having been with the store a decade earlier.