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The Week of October 6 to 12, 2002
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 "Through thick and through thin, all out or all
in we're goin' to go through it together"- Sunday
October 6, 2002
What can you expect if you are a really short person in this world?
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 The Greenwater Report- Monday
October 7, 2002
Gerald Crawford has some fabulous eye candy pictures of the snow last week and all
the details in this week's report.
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 Careless Disregard- Monday
October 7, 2002
Derrall Bellaire from London Ontario reflects what so many Canadians feel as they
worry about the credibility and safety of Canadian Armed Forces when the federal
government seems so disinterested in their needs.
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 It was a throne
speech we all could relate to- Monday
October 7, 2002
Ron Thornton is trying hard to curb is wild enthusiasm for the Prime Minister's throne
speech a week ago today.
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 Manley and the monarchy- Monday
October 7, 2002
The minister of finance, the deputy prime minister and candidate for leadership of
the Liberal party does not have the option of voicing personal views and when he
spoke out in Montreal against the monarchy the reaction has been very strong. Here
are three views from White Rock, Niagara Falls and Victoria. This story has extensive
background stories using PDFs so the information will remain with this story long
after they disappear from the media web sites.
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 Canada's Armed Forces unprepared, under
supported and over committed- Tuesday
October 8, 2002
Richard Neumann points out the foolishness and downright dangerous nature of the
present course of inaction by the federal government. Canada, the very definition
of our land as an independent country is now openly in question as we appear no longer
a viable entity.
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 Children stealing
from children- Tuesday
October 8, 2002
Two abandoned bicycles mar the normal outstanding level of trust in this Saskatchewan
rural community.
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 Construction updates- Wednesday
October 9, 2002
A month ago we went through the various project underway in town and today we have
individual reports on houses under construction, the A&W, expansion at Nuform
and Northern Steel's upgrade to the Fripp plant.
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 Canola, golden
beads- Thursday
October 10, 2002
A hardy oil seed crop that has delivered outstanding food value and could be the
source of abundant renewable energy.
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 Auditor General
issues another "wake up call" government still snoozin'- Thursday
October 10, 2002
Walter Robinson reports the concern we all should have about the government's extremely
slow reaction to problems brought up in other reports by the Auditor General.
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 Once proud military- Thursday
October 10, 2002
Jason Inness laments the now glaring fact that even at the miserable level our armed
forces are now at in eighteen months we will no longer even be able to support the
present low and poorly equipped soldiers, airmen and sailors now in service.
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 United States election in November and
Iraq- Thursday
October 10, 2002
Richard Neumann shares his thoughts on the relationship between George Bush's desire
to thump out Saddam and his dire need to retain seats in the Congress and Senate
as the election is only a couple of weeks away.
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 No pressure for
publics' interest- Thursday
October 10, 2002
Joe Hueglin points out the odd ideas that the government has about ethics when it
comes to coming down hard on MPs and Senators and ignoring cabinet ministers and
their behaviour.
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 Sprinkle of colour- Friiday
October 11, 2002
With the odd year we have had the trees have changed colour species by species so
that now the shrubs has turned scarlet.
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 Her Majesty the
Queen- Friday
October 11, 2002
Rudy Fernandes of White Rock, like so many people across Canada have been upset at
the very bad manners shown by both the Deputy prime minister and some reporters.
Letter's to the editors pages have been swamped with letters like this one by Mr.
Fernandes.
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 Investment rather than welfare- Friday
October 11, 2002
Mike Reilly emphasises the positive aspects of finding value added use of Canadian
lumber with the export of pre built building components rather than raw logs to create
employment for Americans.
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 Automated round bale handling- Saturday
October 12, 2002
An Alberta manufacturer is turning out equipment that allows the pickup of those
huge bales fright from the field and then set them in the farm yard.
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