Swan Valley Regional Secondary School student, Kirsten Larson, receiving the 2009 national prize for the project with the most promising commercial application
In its second year, the Northern Manitoba Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge 2008/2009 is coordinated by MindSet, the Manitoba Network for Science and Technology, a program of Manitoba Science, Technology, Energy and Mines, as a pilot [...]

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Investigating the benefits of the haskap berry
Could a little-known Japanese fruit be the next big thing in nutraceuticals? Eighteen-year-old Kirsten Larson has thought so ever since her family planted an acre of haskap berry bushes on their llama farm new Swan River, Manitoba, four years ago.
Now, thanks to her research project for this [...]

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Winning students and supervising teachers Frontier Collegiate in Cranberry Portage, Manitoba, and Swan Valley Regional Secondary School in Swan River, Manitoba, commemorate the first year’s competition in of the Northern SABC program after the awards luncheon in The Pas, Manitoba.
In its second year, the Northern Manitoba Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge 2008/2009 is coordinated by [...]

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