Local news from around Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Helga Svee collects bottles and cans, turns them in at SARCAN for a refund, and forwards the proceeds to Samaritan’s Purse in Calgary for their water filter program which helps provide clean drinking water for families and children all over the world.
Paddlers will explore Memorial Lake’s inlets and coves in an outdoor challenge inspired by scavenger hunts and geocaching.
Sask Polytech will lead the development of instructor training, along with the creation of educational resources, trainer handbooks and assessment tools focused on skills and entrepreneurship development.
A trained clock restorer flew from Mexico as part of an effort to restore the clock tower on Minnedosa Town Hall.
The top three reasons cited for why caregivers drive rather than than opt for an alternative transportation method are: convenience, the distance between home and school and traffic safety concerns.
By analyzing blood vessels produced by an incompletely healed fracture, we can hopefully learn how T. rex healed, helping speculation on how Scotty was able to survive after sustaining injuries.
It has been a cooler and wetter than normal summer in Saskatchewan. This summer also saw an abundance of wildfire smoke, which had its pros and cons for plant development.
Turnover rates in schools on northern First Nations can reach between 30 to 50 per cent every year, government documents show.
The College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba (CRNM) released findings Monday from two surveys conducted earlier this summer by national research firm Léger, one of the Manitoba public and another of registered nurses (RNs) and nurse practitioners (NPs).
Emily Thoroski is a trained biologist with a bachelor’s degree in environmental science and a master’s in environment, and is using her guitar to bridge two worlds that rarely overlap: music and environmental education.
