Chronological Index of Ensign
Articles for
June of 2004
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- Just
maybe there will be a summer
- Tuesday
June 1, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : The
clouds cleared away and its 23ºC what more is there to say. With a teeny weeny
breeze and a sky that speaks of a storm moving away, just maybe, June is busting out all over.
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- Time
to give up
- Tuesday
June 1, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Grass
will grow almost anywhere but there are limits as to how much traffic it can take.
At some point you have to make the decision, if its not growing, maybe its time to
replace it.
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- Elections Canada
Letter Registering PC Party On the Ballot
- Tuesday
June 1, 2004
by : Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls, Ontario
: From the shambles of the merger between the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive
Conservative Party of Canada there has developed some serious and deep felt feelings.
It was not a merger but a decietful take over and the resulting party does not represent
most of the supporters of either of the parties involved but is really a construct
of the leader of that party. So now another party has emerged to try to represent
the 12% of Canadian voters who are not Liberal, NDP or neoconservatives.
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- TUCs
field
- Tuesday
June 1, 2004
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Once
a school yard and football field in the middle of Tisdale has become the centre of
recreation for senior citizens and it looks like twenty-two couples are going to
make their homes on the site.
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- Bill
West
- Thursday
June 3, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Langbank : Yesterday
the people of Southeastern Saskatchewan came to gether to bid farewell to a man who
was a hero, a legend, a friend and generous servant of all who came to him for help.
This is his story.
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- Donuts
- Sunday
June 6, 2004
by: Timothy W. Shire
Wadena : Wednesday
morning we stopped for fuel in Wadena and inside a modern convenience store there
was a lady busily making donuts the way moms made them years ago.
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- So,
what are the options?
- Sunday
June 6, 2004
by : Joyce Neufeld
Waldeck : Joyce
has looked at the parties seeking her vote in the federal election and rejected the
three main line parties and thinks that maybe we ought to take a look at the Green
Party.
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- Busted
grad car
- Sunday
June 6, 2004
by : Kevin McIntyre
Carrot River
: RCMP detachments are paying attention to speeders in Carrot River and Tisdale this
past week.
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- PC party on Dartmouth-Cole
Harbour ballot
- Sunday
June 6, 2004
by : Tracy Parsons
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
: The take over of the Progressive Conservative party by the Canadian Alliance has
not gone smoothly as almost half of the original Progressive Conservative party have
no stomach for the Alberta lead and separatist focused party. So some have struck
out on their own and Tracy Parsons is on the Dartmouth ballot as a PC.
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- Female
Baltimore Oriole
- Sunday
June 6, 2004
by : Helen Carson
Crooked River
: Two outstanding images of this attractive bird who has been not a common bird in
this part of Saskatchewan.
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- Fear
Over What Could Be Over What Already Is
- Sunday
June 6, 2004
by : Ron Thornton
Edmonton : The
voter is faced with some difficult decisions with the government having shown considerable
lack of respect for the tax payer and the Conservative party carrying with it baggage
from its past forms such as abortion, death penalty and weakening the central government
of the country.
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- A fix for pitted lights
- Sunday
June 6, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Can
you see where you are going, are you over driving your lights at night? Check and
see if the plastic is still clear enough to emit the light necessary to illuminate
the road.
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- Niska
- Sunday
June 6, 2004
by : Helen Carson
Crooked River
: There are nine goslings in this Crooked River family that Mrs. Carson shares with
us today.
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- The
Greenwater Report
- Monday
June 7, 2004
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : A trip to a petting zoo, relay for life and a remarkable picture
of a rare bird in this part of Saskatchewan.
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- Ronald
Reagan's Legacy
- Monday
June 7, 2004
by : Mark Weisbrot
Washington :
It was a turning point in history with both Britain and American lead by reactionary
leaders who produced a world wide recession and the reversal of progress in the third
world. Ronald Reagan may have been popular in his own country but in the world he
was the enemy of ideas of freedom and democracy.
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- Kyle
Mills
- Monday
June 7, 2004
by : Kevin McIntyre
Carrot River
: How about some summer reading? Kevin has a suggestion, now that you've made it
through Tom Clancy and Clive Cussler here is an entirely different action hero.
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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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- Ornamental
Crabapple Tree
- Tuesday
June 8, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : No
matter how cloudy, or how much rain falls the flowering trees of this season bring
smiles and delight to all who pass by.
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- Fahrenheit
9/11 in theatres June 25th
- Tuesday
June 8, 2004
by : Michael Moore
Flint Michigan
: This web site has posted so many stories about the tragic events of September 11
and the wars since. It seems only fitting to highlight the release of film that attacks
the issue and the people who must assume responsiblity for the political instability
shaking most of the world.
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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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- Philip
Harper, died August 28th 1944
- Saturday
June19, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Togo : Canadians
went to Europe and Asia in two world wars, many did not come back. This is the story
of one of them who is buried in Caen France and remembered there as well as here
in his home town.
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- After
The Great Debates, It Is Now Up To Us To Choose
- Saturday
June 19, 2004
by : Ron Thornton
Edmonton : The
issues make the difference for this writer as he mulls over the options he decides
that his religious convictions and political beliefs come out on top and he has made
his decision.
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- Why
I'm not voting Conservative
- Saturday
June 19, 2004
by : Patricia Green
The real threat of a conservative victory has many Canadians and non-Canadians as
well very worried. The very fabric of the country is threatened simply because we
are grossly aware of the way things have gone in the United States with this form
of government policy and of course the last Conservative government did so much damage
that our fate as a country may already be doomed.
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- Thanks,
but no thanks
- Saturday
June 19, 2004
by : Susan Walsh
Mississauga, Ontario
: The Conservative Party bulled its way into existance by bribing the PC leader Peter
MacKay, paying off his campaign debts and it boldly continues to assert that the
whole take over was fair and legal. It has now issued membership cards to members
of the PC party further antagonising already bad feelings.
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- Say it in an
image
- Saturday
June 19, 2004
by : Antoinette Martens
Saskatoon : As long as there has been politics there have been political cartoons.
Often these works say far more than the written word as images have a different address
in one's intellect. On this site we have taken some liberty in the past with images
but always in the electronic format, these are done the traditional way.
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- Bush’s America: lack of moral grounds and consequential violence
- Saturday
June 19, 2004
by : Mario deSantis
Nipawin : It might be called stirring the pot as the President of the United States
desperately wants to hold on to his role. It is neglegent to blame he alone for the
woes of America for indeed his followers must themselves accept responsiblity for
a never ending ever escallating cycle of violence. These people seem bent on murder
and destruction and they are succeeding.
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- The prime directive
- Saturday
June 19, 2004
by : Kevin McIntyre
Carrot River
: The television science fiction show Star Trek, captured the imagination
and the intellectual curiousity of millions because much of the underlying principles
were worked out over the years examining just what exactly does it mean to be human.
Kevin explores one of the most fundamental principles worked out in the show and
gives us reason to consider it application in our present day world.
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- Don Hovdebo,
only candidate to attend all candidate's forum Thursday night
- Friday
June 25, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : The
Chamber of Commerce All Candidate's forum was cancelled, apparently because a candidate
could not attend but like myself and a dozen or so others Don Hovdobo was unaware
of the cancellation until he got to the RECPLex last night. Find out what
he has to say about equallisation payments and agricutlure in the QuickTime
video clip (1.7MB) in this story.
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- The
Greenwater Report
- Friday
June 25, 2004
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : The creek is running as deer and other animals of the woods make
their presence known. Gerald's thinking about getting his boat in the water but that
snow last week has had slowing effect on getting the boat launched.
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- A question to
be asked and answered
- Friday
June 25, 2004
by : Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls
: The Conservatives and their leader have indicated that they would like to see more
foreign investment. Perhaps we have heard this line before.
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- This
Is One Orchard That Seems To Bare Rotten Fruit
- Friday
June 25, 2004
by : Ron Thornton
Edmonton : In
this article Ron Thornton rebuts an earlier article by David Orchard and in these
two positions we can see the reflection of the political climate of the United States.
Polarisation is by far the most dangerous thing our society. From their perspective
both Mr. Orchard and Mr. Thornton see the issues.
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- The untouched
issue
- Friday
June 25, 2004
by : Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls
: If you thought Mulroney was bad for Canada, Joe Hueglin warns that you haven't
seen anything yet as the Conservative leader is determined to merge once more.
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- The
Great Sandhills: a fourteen thousand year old crisis
- Saturday
June 26, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Sceptre : From
Swift Current to Maple Creek, north of the TransCanada highway to Leader is a geological
consequence of the last glacial period. Its not empty, it is full of life, has enormous
potential and deserves a good deal of respect. This is a large collection of pictures
that tells the story is in the form of a 4MB QuickTime slide show.(This takes
a while to download even on high speed) This story includes information and attitudes
from some of the interviews with its human inhabitants and included is a QuickTime
VR panorama of some open dunes south of Sceptre.
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- Bush’s language: lies and TIT for TAT
- Sunday
June 27, 2004
by : Mario deSantis
Nipawin : The
anger and disturbing direction of the United States government and the people of
that country needs to be closely watched as things go from very bad to much worse.
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- Lion's
Park FunZone, first day
- Tuesday
June 29, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : We
all welcomed the warm weather but it was a perfect day to get the Lion's Park FunZone
activities started for another year yesterday.
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- The
Greenwater Report
- Tuesday
June 29, 2004
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Grand children are graduating from high school and here are the pictures.
But there was time to get on a field trip to Candle Lake and keep tabs on pelicans
and the dredging of the marina.
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- Gravelbourg,
a fleeting impression
- Tuesday
June 29, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Gravelbourg :
This is a hurried look at one of Saskatchewan's special places. A Francophone community
with its own junior college and a wealth of cultural activities that match the architecture
and meticulous landscaping.
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- Parkland
Photography Club June 2004
- Tuesday
June 29, 2004
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : The photo club went off on a field trip to Candle Lake and have wrapped
up their year with some images of flowering trees.
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- Figures in Leader
- Tuesday
June 29, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Leader : On the
western edge of the Great Sand Hills is the community of leader and it is a placed
filled with eye candy.
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- Our
front yard
- Wednesday
June 30, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : The
development of the old TUCs field seemed to be in full throttle this week as the
town installed water and sewer service into four lots on the north side of the field
while Chupa Excavation developed a parking lot on the west side of the Golden Age
Centre and the first floor of the new condominium is taking shape on the southeast
corner. There goes the neighbourhood! This story includes a QuickTime VR panorama
(400KB).
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