Since the pandemic first got going in early January, scientists around the world have been working flat-out to study the virus. And while progress is being made, COVID-19 is proving to be a tough (viral) nut to crack, so plenty...
Read MoreToday’s post is only tangentially related to the COVID-19 outbreak. If you check the calendar, this week marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 13 manned mission to the Moon. It launched on April 11, and followed two earlier...
Read MoreToday’s the last day for the Royal Saskatchewan Museum’s popular Snakes Alive exhibit, featuring all nine native Saskatchewan snake species. It’s excellent, so if you haven’t been yet… the museum...
Read MoreIf you happened to read the cover story in our May 12 issue you’ll know that the Royal Saskatchewan Museum is getting ready to unveil a new temporary exhibit. The exhibit is devoted to the nine snake species that are...
Read MoreOn Thursday May 12 the Saskatchewan Science Centre is hosting an evening event centred around releasing a number of bats that had been hibernating at the centre over the winter. You can read more on the SSC website, but doors...
Read MoreOn Saturday, universities across Canada held Science Rendezvouses where they invited the public to stop by for all sorts of fun and enlightening activities related to the world of science. It’s too bad the astronomical...
Read MoreI interviewed a SCIENTIST today about an upcoming Royal Saskatchewan Museum show about guess what live Sask animalsss? Next issue is Thursday, May 12!
Read MoreSaskatchewan Leader-Post/Star Phoenix political columnist Murray Mandryk has weighed in on the issue of prayer in the Saskatchewan Legislature. You can read his column here.
Read MoreThe Centre For Inquiry Canada has started a national petition campaign calling on the Saskatchewan government to end the practice of opening each session of the legislature with a Christian prayer as has been done since 1905....
Read MoreThe other day I posted about the Shift To Reason conference that was being held in Regina on Saturday. One initiative to come out of the conference, according to this CBC report, is a petition asking the Saskatchewan government...
Read MoreBilled as Saskatchewan’s first secular conference, this event is being held at the DoubleTree Hilton in downtown Regina on Saturday April 30. You can find out more on the Shift to Reason Conference website, but the goal of...
Read MoreWe’ve written and blogged about this election that’s been underway since last fall to select from seven prehistoric candidates a fossil to be an official emblem of Saskatchewan. If you want a refresher course on what...
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