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Aura Lee MacPherson has been named CTV Regina’s Citizen of the Year for 2022.

Algae blooms becoming more intense, lasting longer in QuAppelle Valley lakes Thursday, May 27th 2021, 2:52 pm - Were going to get hit with some wicked ... algae if we dont start building policies, advocate says First Nations leaders, community activists and university scientists say theyre growing increasingly worried about the QuAppelle Valley chain of lakes, with water quality sometimes dipping below recreational use standards and toxic algae blooms increasing in severity. "Were going to get ...

"We do know that those blooms … are starting earlier. Theyre becoming more intense and theyre lasting longer," Leavitt said, citing atmospheric warming as a leading cause. Leavitt published a paper last year that found toxins were present in the QuAppelle lakes during more days of the summer than 15 years earlier. Toxin levels in the lakes, at times, were above recreational advisory levels, his paper said. Blue-green algae looks like scum, fuzz or grass clippings on the surface of water.(B...

REGINA, SASK : May 10, 2021 — Aura Lee MacPherson, left, and her husband Murdoch stand in front of images of their radiant link heat technology inside MacPherson Engineering in Regina, Sask. on Monday, May 10, 2021. TROY FLEECE / Regina Leader-Post TROY FLEECE   The professional body governing Saskatchewan engineers has awarded Regina-based firm MacPherson Engineering for its work in repurposing basement furnace heat to stop and reduce mould in homes with poor air circulation.   Usi...

Article content The professional body governing Saskatchewan engineers has awarded Regina-based firm MacPherson Engineering for its work in repurposing basement furnace heat to stop and reduce mould in homes with poor air circulation. Using the firm’s radiant heat technology, company co-founders Murdoch and Aura Lee MacPherson installed it in two homes on the Star Blanket Cree Nation, near Lebret, about 90 kilometres northeast of Regina. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try re...

  STAR BLANKET CREE NATION -- A local engineering firm received a province-wide award for their work on a housing project on Star Blanket Cree Nation.  MacPherson Engineering was honoured with a provincial Association of Professional Engineers/Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS) Exceptional Engineering Award. The product they created, called RadiantLink, was based on the traditional design of the teepee, which are heated with rocks using a form of radiation. This technology is built int...