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By News Room Two Regina Schools learned of more COVID-19 cases on Sunday. The Regina Huda School says they were informed by the Saskatchewan Health Authority of one case on Sunday. Principal Starla Nistor says families of the close contacts for the case have been called and letters have been sent to inform families. All students at the school have moved to remote learning from March 8th to 12th. In person classes will resume on Tuesday, March 16th. If there are any additional close contacts identified at the school, they will be contacted directly by Public Health. Meanwhile Regina Ca...

By Jim Smalley Mar 8, 2021 5:19 AM Regina-based Protein Industries Canada has announced a major investment in developing new beverages from pulse crops. Protein Industries CEO Bill Gruel says the 4.3 million dollar project involves U.S.-based Ripple Foods, GrainFrac of Edmonton and Tomtene seed farm of Birch Hills, Saskatchewan. He says the three groups will find the best types of yellow peas to use for the non-dairy beverage market. “Ripple Foods is a company based out of San Francisco, California, they’ve got a really strong foothold on the alternative dairy market in the U.S., ...

By Mitchell Blair Mar 7, 2021 8:55 AM A roundtable designed at meeting the technology industry’s training and hiring needs for the province and how Saskatchewan Polytechnic can strategically align itself to do that was recently held. The roundtable, which featured leaders from several different sectors including agriculture, mining, and manufacturing along with Innovation Saskatchewan and SaskTech, was designed to discuss the technology jobs that industry currently needs, what they will need in the future and the core skills that are essential for those careers to happen, It was an ...

By Josh Sigurdson Mar 7, 2021 9:36 AM In honour of International Women’s Day, SaskMusic is hosting a free, virtual concert featuring some of the best female acts the province has to offer. The concert will showcase 23 artists from around the province who specialize in a variety of music styles. Lorena Kelly with SaskMusic says due to the concert being virtual, it actually allows them to show more up-and-coming artists. “It’s always really great to be able to present new artists to people that they maybe haven’t heard of before, and kind of kickstart that career in the sense of...