A Record-Breaking Year on the Prairies: 2023 Weather Overview

With several longstanding climate records shattered in 2023, Saskatchewan’s weather was right at home in a year full of impactful events. This year, SRC's Climate Reference Station (CRS) located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, logged record amounts of bright sunshine, record daily high temperatures and below average precipitation making 2023 the fifth driest year on record.

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New program to deliver advanced training for medical technologists

New program to deliver advanced training for medical technologists Plasma Stem Cells Transfusion Blood Tuesday, March 05, 2024 Dr. Jelena Holovati and Dr. Gwen Clarke This blog post was adapted from a blog post from the May 2023 issue of ORBCoN's newsletter and a Letter to the Editor published in the peer-reviewed journal, Immunohematology,1 in...

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Joanne Levy – How Bird Poop Inspired a Book

Welcome to Cantastic Authorpalooza, featuring posts by and about great Canadian children’s book creators! Today’s guest: Joanne Levy. Take it away, Joanne! One of the most common questions I get from young readers is, “Where do you get your ideas?” If you’re an author reading this, I’m sure you’re nodding along—it’s very common. I take...

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