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Boys and Girls Club adapts programming through pandemic

Boys and Girls Club adapts programming through pandemic

When COVID-19 caused a near province wide shutdown, things very quickly changed at the Boys and Girls Club of Yorkton.
COVID-19 creates new opportunity for local business

COVID-19 creates new opportunity for local business

COVID-19 sent many businesses into tailspins and temporary closures. But for a few, such as Denson Commercial Food Equipment in Yorkton, the pandemic opened up new opportunities.

Traditional medicine and ceremony help young woman recover from crystal meth

One might watch a YouTube video of Tala Tootoosis showing how to make a ribbon skirt and assume she had always been surrounded by culture and had lived a life of ceremony since childhood.
Converting emissions into valuable fuel

Converting emissions into valuable fuel

Researchers used the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan to improve their technique to convert CO 2 into ethanol, a valuable chemical that can be used in a variety of industrial applications.
'Ghost Fleas' in some Prairie lakes

'Ghost Fleas' in some Prairie lakes

University of Regina researchers find contribute to high levels of methylmercury in fish
Agriculture This Week: Herbicide decisions may impact crop supplies

Agriculture This Week: Herbicide decisions may impact crop supplies

Most of the time when the world moves to change one thing, and its impact tends to ripple into areas that whether unexpected, or simply ignored, changes things in ways which may not be the best.
Local author launches new scifi book

Local author launches new scifi book

Prolific local author Damian Shishkin has a new book on the shelf: Revelations 2520: The Broken and the Damned.
The night that changed everything

The night that changed everything

Former RCMP auxiliary constable Derek Bond speaks about 2015 shooting

Dene pilot program to begin in the fall

Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) has released that they are starting a Michif language program in the fall, and now they’ve announced a Dene language program in the fall as well.
USask-led Indigenous health research network finds home at Station 20 West

USask-led Indigenous health research network finds home at Station 20 West

SASKATOON — In a significant step for Indigenous health research in Saskatchewan and nationally, a new University of Saskatchewan (USask)-led network dedicated to improving health and wellness in Indigenous communities will be moving into Station 20
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