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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 Qu'Appelle Valley lakes Thursday, May 27th 2021, 2:52 pm - 'We're going to get hit with some wicked ... algae if we don't start building policies,' advocate says First Nations leaders, community activists and university scientists say they're growing increasingly worried about the Qu'Appelle Valley chain of lakes, with water quality sometimes dipping below recreational use standards and toxic algae blooms increasing in severity. "We're going to get hit with some wicked blue-green-purple algae if we don't start building policies and protect...

"We do know that those blooms … are starting earlier. They're becoming more intense and they're lasting longer," Leavitt said, citing atmospheric warming as a leading cause. Leavitt published a paper last year that found toxins were present in the Qu'Appelle 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.(Bruce Johnson) The algae blooms are also fed by phosphorus and nitrates released into the water sy...

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.   Using the firm’s radiant heat technology, company co-founders Murdoch and Aura Lee MacPherson install...

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 refreshing your browser, or Regina firm wins engineering award for basement mould reduction Back to v...