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Fedoruk Centre advances nuclear research

Fedoruk Centre advances nuclear research

Sep 22, 2024 | 9:47am
SASKATOON – Innovation Saskatchewan is allocating $400,000 to the Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation (Fedoruk Centre) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) to support and expand nuclear research in the province. The funding will support up to eight research projects led by Saskatchewan-based scientists through the Fedoruk Centre’s 2024 call for proposals. The […]
University of Regina roundup: Cougars start women’s soccer season with win

University of Regina roundup: Cougars start women’s soccer season with win

Sep 10, 2024 | 8:23am
August has ended and rolled into September which brings a busy U Sports schedule for the University of Regina. In the first week of September, there was a noteworthy match-up. Football: Rams vs. Huskies The U Prairie Challenge — football edition — started in the second week of the Canada West football season with the first […]
Drever gets last chance to add hardware at U Sports women’s hockey nationals

Drever gets last chance to add hardware at U Sports women’s hockey nationals

Mar 14, 2024 | 9:20am
Camryn Drever has one last shot at adding to her collection of hardware on the U Sports level. The 23-year-old fifth-year netminder will suit up for her final games with the host Saskatchewan Huskies at the U Sports women’s hockey championship tournament, which runs at Merlis Belsher Place. The eight-team competition starts Thursday with a quarterfinal between […]
Ravens edge Huskies 70-67 to defend U Sports women’s basketball title

Ravens edge Huskies 70-67 to defend U Sports women’s basketball title

Mar 11, 2024 | 2:03pm
Protecting a three-point lead with one possession left in the U Sports women’s basketball title game, Carleton Ravens coach Dani Sinclair had a simple message for her team. Do not allow any of the five Saskatchewan Huskies on the floor an easy three-point shot. Her team responded. The ball got into the hands of Husky Logan Reider, […]

Sask government launches study on spread of chronic wasting disease

Apr 3, 2023 | 11:53am

  The Saskatchewan government has announced a 90 thousand dollar grant to support research at the University of Saskatchewan on the spread of chronic wasting disease. The research will also cover spread of meningeal worm in woodland caribou and other similar species. The study will use state of the art radio collars and trail cameras, […]

War a ‘very serious possibility’ according to expert regarding Russia-Ukraine conflict

Feb 19, 2022 | 12:47pm

Tensions have continued to be high at the Ukrainian border as close to 200,000 Russian troops and members of aligned militias sit along the border. The conflict continues to change by the hour, with US President Joe Biden stating that he is ‘convinced’ that Russian President Vladimir Putin has already decided to invade Ukraine. “We […]

Stretching can help lower blood pressure, according to U of S study

Jan 25, 2021 | 9:10am

A good stretching routine is the latest recommendation to help reduce high blood pressure. That from a new study at the University of Saskatchewan that shows stretching is a superior way to reduce blood pressure, when compared to brisk walking. Kinesiology professor Dr. Phil Chilibeck says their study recruited a group of people with high […]

New made-in-Saskatchewan ventilators being built

Dec 3, 2020 | 10:29am

One hundred made-in-Saskatchewan ventilators will be available soon to support the needs of residents. The work is the result of an innovative collaboration between the University of Saskatchewan, the Saskatchewan Health Authority, and RMD Engineering Inc. Health Minister Paul Merriman says the initiative exemplifies the spirit of collaboration and entrepreneurship Saskatchewan is proud of. “Our […]

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