There is nothing more delectable than biting into an apple that you have grown yourself! There is nothing worse than finding half a worm in the apple you just took a bite out of! Protein aside — it is just not a good feeling! One of the major pests in apples is the apple maggot...
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September 1, 2023July 1, 2024your SASKATOON news
Boosting Nitric Oxide the Antidote to Getting Older
The French existentialist, Gabriel Marcel, asserted “Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be experienced.” Nevertheless, scientists remain intent on figuring it out. The cells in our bodies are susceptible to damage. A sunburn is a visible example. Ultraviolet rays scorch skin cells, causing rapid death. Damage occurs at a...
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September 1, 2023July 1, 2024your SASKATOON news
Lanigan-born Bobby Baun was a hockey legend
I was never a Toronto Maple Leafs fan. My dislike of the Leafs started in the 1960s. I was a Gordie Howe fan as many from the Saskatoon area were. Howe led me to being an avid Detroit Red Wings supporter. One of my cousins was a Leafs fan, and Stanley Cup after Stanley Cup...
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September 1, 2023July 1, 2024your SASKATOON news
Had COVID? You’re not alone. Plus, fireworks.
A new study conducted at McGill University shows that 75 per cent of Canadians had been infected by the COVID-19 virus, of whatever variant, by spring of this year. According to Dr. David Buckeridge, professor of global health at the Montreal university, infection-acquired immunity increased faster among younger people and in the western provinces during...